Where does “pojišťovna” come from?

pojišťovna (Czech) comes from Czech pojistit, from Czech po-, from Old Czech [[po-]], [[pó-]].

pojišťovna (Czech): insurance corporation

Definitions

  1. insurance corporation

Ancestry of “pojišťovna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpojistitto insure
2Czechpo-Perfective aspect, as in "požádat" ask; After, as...
3Old Czech[[po-]], [[pó-]]—
Every word from Old Czech [[po-]], [[pó-]] →Every word from Czech po- →Every word from Czech pojistit →