Where does “golfový” come from?
golfový (Czech) comes from Czech golf, from German golf, from Italian golfo, from Latin colfos, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
golfový (Czech): golf
Ancestry of “golfový”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | golf | golf; bay, gulf |
| 2 | German | golf | singular imperative of golfen; first-person... |
| 3 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 4 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |