Where does “kosáček” come from?
kosáček (Czech) comes from German Kosak, from Polish Kozak, from Yiddish קאָזאַק, from Ukrainian коза́к, from Old East Slavic козакъ, from Kazakh қазақ, from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn' — to stand.
Ancestry of “kosáček”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kosak | Cossack |
| 2 | Polish | Kozak | Cossack |
| 3 | Yiddish | קאָזאַק | Cossack |
| 4 | Ukrainian | коза́к | Cossack |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | козакъ | Cossack |
| 6 | Kazakh | қазақ | Kazakh |
| 7 | Persian | ـستان | -istan, -estan, -stan |
| 8 | Middle Persian | -stʾn' | makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stáHnam | the act of standing; position, location, place |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂-no-m | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |