Where does “pachatel” come from?

pachatel (Czech) comes from Czech páchat, from Old Czech páchati, from Proto-Slavic pāxàti — to sweep.

pachatel (Czech): perpetrator, offender

Definitions

  1. perpetrator, offender

Ancestry of “pachatel”, step by step

pachatel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech páchat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpáchatto perpetrate
2Old Czechpáchatito perpetrate
3Proto-Slavicpāxàtito sweep

via Slovak páchať

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakpáchať—

Words derived from “pachatel”

Every word from Proto-Slavic pāxàti →Every word from Old Czech páchati →Every word from Czech páchat →