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Where does “hedvábí” come from?

hedvábí (Czech) comes from Middle High German gota-webbi — god cloth, cloth for religious use.

hedvábí (Czech): silk

Definitions

  1. silk

Ancestry of “hedvábí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangota-webbigod cloth, cloth for religious use

Words derived from “hedvábí”

  • jedwab
  • jedwabny
  • jedwabnik
  • hedvábný
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