Where does “ploutvonožec” come from?

ploutvonožec (Czech) comes from Czech ploutev, from Old Czech plútva, from Old Czech plúti, from Proto-Slavic pluti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plauˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- — to swim, flow.

ploutvonožec (Czech): pinniped

Definitions

  1. pinniped

Ancestry of “ploutvonožec”, step by step

ploutvonožec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech ploutev

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechploutevfin
2Old Czechplútvafin
3Old Czechplútito sail, to float, to flow
4Proto-Slavicplutito swim; to sail
5Proto-Balto-Slavicplauˀteito swim
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₃(w)-to swim, flow

via Czech noha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnohaleg; foot
2Old Czechnohaleg, foot
3Proto-Slavicnogàfoot, leg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic plauˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic pluti →