Where does “medvědárium” come from?

medvědárium (Czech) comes from Czech medvěd, from Proto-Slavic medvědь, from Proto-Slavic medu-ēdis.

medvědárium (Czech): bear enclosure; a place where bear is kept and exhibited

Definitions

  1. bear enclosure; a place where bear is kept and exhibited

Ancestry of “medvědárium”, step by step

medvědárium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech medvěd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechmedvědbear
2Proto-Slavicmedvědьbear
3Proto-Slavicmedu-ēdis—

via Czech árium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechárium—
Every word from Proto-Slavic medu-ēdis →Every word from Proto-Slavic medvědь →Every word from Czech medvěd →