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Where does “padělat” come from?

padělat (Czech) comes from Czech dělat, from Old Czech dělati, from Proto-Slavic dělati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

padělat (Czech): to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify

Definitions

  1. to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify

Ancestry of “padělat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdělatto do; to pretend, to feign
2Old Czechdělatito do
3Proto-Slavicdělatito do
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “padělat”

  • padělatel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →