Where does “roztržitý” come from?
roztržitý (Czech) comes from Czech roztrhnout, from Czech trhnout, from Czech -nout, from Old Czech -núti, from Proto-Slavic -nǫti.
roztržitý (Czech): absent-minded, scatterbrained
Definitions
- absent-minded, scatterbrained
Ancestry of “roztržitý”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | roztrhnout | to tear |
| 2 | Czech | trhnout | to jerk; to make, to get, to earn |
| 3 | Czech | -nout | -en: from adjectives forms verbs indicating... |
| 4 | Old Czech | -núti | en: forms verbs indicating getting a property or getting more of it |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -nǫti | — |