Where does “ostnokožec” come from?

ostnokožec (Czech) comes from Czech kůže, from Old Czech kóžě, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

ostnokožec (Czech): echinoderm

Definitions

  1. echinoderm

Ancestry of “ostnokožec”, step by step

ostnokožec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech kůže

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechkůžeskin; leather
2Old Czechkóžěskin; leather
3Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂

via Czech osten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechostenspine, quill (of a hedgehog, etc.)
2Proto-Slavicostьnъsharp point
3Proto-Balto-Slavicaśtinas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂Every word from Proto-Slavic -jaEvery word from Proto-Slavic koža