Where does “maticový” come from?
maticový (Czech) comes from Czech matice, from Proto-Slavic matica, from Proto-Slavic mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
maticový (Czech): nut; matrix
Ancestry of “maticový”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | matice | matrix; nut |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | matica | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mati | mother |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mā́ˀtē | mother |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |