Where does “kalit” come from?
kalit (Czech) comes from Persian کلید, from Middle Persian kilēd, from Ancient Greek κλείς, from Proto-Hellenic klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u- — nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...
kalit (Czech): to harden; to temper
Definitions
- to harden; to temper
Ancestry of “kalit”, step by step
kalit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian کلید
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | کلید | key; clef |
| 2 | Middle Persian | kilēd | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλείς | Something used to lock/unlock: key, bolt, bar; A... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | klāwī́ds | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂u- | nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for... |
via Proto-Slavic kaliti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | kaliti | to soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |