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Where does “rozesmát” come from?

rozesmát (Czech) comes from Czech smát, from English Smart, from English Ness, from Middle English nesse, from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic nasją, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s — nose.

rozesmát (Czech): to make laugh; to start laughing

Definitions

  1. to make laugh; to start laughing

Ancestry of “rozesmát”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechsmátto laugh
2EnglishSmart—
3EnglishNess—
4Middle Englishnesse—
5Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
6Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
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