Where does “houští” come from?
houští (Czech) comes from Czech i, from Latin I, from Etruscan 𐌉, from Ancient Greek Ι, from Phoenician 𐤉, from Egyptian 𓂝.
houští (Czech): thicket, bushes
Ancestry of “houští”, step by step
houští traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | i | and (also), and even |
| 2 | Latin | I | i |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌉 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ι | The number one in Greek numerals resp. Attic... |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤉 | yod; yodh |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓂝 | — |
via Czech houšť
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | houšť | thicket |
| 2 | Old Czech | hústi | to play an instrument |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | gǫsti | to make a sound, hum, sing; to weep, wail, howl;... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gaustei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gowh₂-dʰh₁-y-óti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gewH- | to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry... |