Where does “nepředstavitelný” come from?
nepředstavitelný (Czech) comes from Czech představitelný, from Czech představit, from Czech stavit, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
nepředstavitelný (Czech): unimaginable, inconceivable
Definitions
- unimaginable, inconceivable
Ancestry of “nepředstavitelný”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | představitelný | imaginable, conceivable, thinkable |
| 2 | Czech | představit | to introduce someone to someone else |
| 3 | Czech | stavit | To build; to come by, to stop by |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |