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Where does “ryba” come from?

ryba (Czech) comes from Old Czech ryba, from Proto-Slavic ryba, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.

ryba (Czech): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ryba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechryba—
2Proto-Slavicrybafish
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish

Words derived from “ryba”

  • rybí
  • paryba
  • rybolov
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- →