Where does “horolezecký” come from?

horolezecký (Czech) comes from Czech horolezec, from Czech lézt, from Old Czech lézti, from Proto-Slavic lězti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁ǵʰ- — to crawl on the ground; low.

horolezecký (Czech): mountain climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing

Definitions

  1. mountain climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing

Ancestry of “horolezecký”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhorolezecmountaineer
2Czechléztto crawl; to climb
3Old Czechléztito crawl
4Proto-Slaviclěztito crawl; to climb
5Proto-Balto-Slaviclḗˀźteito crawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁ǵʰ-to crawl on the ground; low
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁ǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lḗˀźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic lězti →
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