Where does “masový” come from?
masový (Czech) comes from Czech masa, from Czech maso, from Old Czech maso, from Proto-Slavic męso, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mēnsā́ˀ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-.
masový (Czech): meat; mass
Ancestry of “masový”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | masa | mass; inflection of maso:
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| 2 | Czech | maso | meat |
| 3 | Old Czech | maso | meat |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | męso | meat |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mēnsā́ˀ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗns | meat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗms | flesh, meat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mems- | flesh, meat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me-ms- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mes- | — |