Where does “motýlice” come from?

motýlice (Czech) comes from Czech -ice, from Old Czech -icě, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

motýlice (Czech): damselfly; female butterfly

Definitions

  1. damselfly; female butterfly

Ancestry of “motýlice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-iceSuffix indicating that the word is of the...
2Old Czech-icěsuffix indicating that the word is of the feminine gender
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Czech -ice →Every word from Old Czech -icě →