Where does “nicotný” come from?

nicotný (Czech) comes from Czech nicota, from Czech -ota, from Old Czech -ota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

nicotný (Czech): insignificant, trivial, worthless

Definitions

  1. insignificant, trivial, worthless

Ancestry of “nicotný”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnicotanothingness, void
2Czech-otanoun suffix
3Old Czech-ota—
4Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
6Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Czech -ota →
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