Where does “parostroj” come from?

parostroj (Czech) comes from Czech stroj, from Old Czech stroj, from Proto-Slavic strojь — order, regime.

parostroj (Czech): steam engine

Definitions

  1. steam engine

Ancestry of “parostroj”, step by step

parostroj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech stroj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechstrojmachine
2Old Czechstrojmachine
3Proto-Slavicstrojьorder, regime

via Czech pára

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpáravapor; steam
2Slavic*para

Words derived from “parostroj

Every word from Proto-Slavic strojьEvery word from Old Czech strojEvery word from Czech stroj