Where does “nechť” come from?

nechť (Czech) comes from Old Czech nechť, from Slovak -ť, from Czech ti, from Czech ten, from Proto-Slavic tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

nechť (Czech): let (used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction)

Definitions

  1. let (used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction)

Ancestry of “nechť”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old CzechnechťForms third person imperative; let
2Slovak-ťthe infinitive ending
3Czechtithey, those; to you
4Czechtenthe; this; that
5Proto-Slavictъthis, that
6Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъ →