Where does “koráb” come from?

koráb (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic korabľь, from Ancient Greek καράβιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

koráb (Czech): sailing ship, argosy

Definitions

  1. sailing ship, argosy

Ancestry of “koráb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickorabľьship
2Ancient Greekκαράβιονship
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek καράβιον →