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Where does “dráždivý” come from?

dráždivý (Czech) comes from Czech dráždit, from Old Czech [[drážditi]], [[drážiti]], from Proto-Slavic dražiti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreh₂gʰ- — to irritate; rough.

dráždivý (Czech): irritable

Definitions

  1. irritable

Ancestry of “dráždivý”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdrážditto irritate; to provoke
2Old Czech[[drážditi]], [[drážiti]]—
3Proto-Slavicdražitito provoke, annoy; to irritate
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreh₂gʰ-to irritate; rough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreh₂gʰ- →