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Where does “hádavost” come from?

hádavost (Czech) comes from Czech hádavý, from Czech hádat, from Old Czech hádati, from Proto-Slavic gaďati.

hádavost (Czech): quarrelsomeness

Definitions

  1. quarrelsomeness

Ancestry of “hádavost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhádavýargumentative, quarrelsome
2Czechhádatto guess; to quarrel, to argue
3Old Czechhádati—
4Proto-Slavicgaďati—
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