Where does “ropný” come from?

ropný (Czech) comes from Czech ropa, from Polish ropa, from Proto-Slavic ropa.

ropný (Czech): oil, petroleum

Definitions

  1. oil, petroleum

Ancestry of “ropný”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechropapetroleum
2Polishropapus; sleepy dust; crude oil; petroleum
3Proto-Slavicropa—
Every word from Proto-Slavic ropa →Every word from Polish ropa →Every word from Czech ropa →