Where does “dvojchyba” come from?

dvojchyba (Czech) comes from Czech chyba, from Old Czech chyba, from Proto-Slavic xyba, from Proto-Slavic xybati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ-.

dvojchyba (Czech): double fault

Definitions

  1. double fault

Ancestry of “dvojchyba”, step by step

dvojchyba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech chyba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechchybafault; mistake, error; bug, error
2Old Czechchybamiss
3Proto-Slavicxybafault
4Proto-Slavicxybatito sway
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsewbʰ-—

via Czech dvoj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdvoj—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic xybati →Every word from Proto-Slavic xyba →