Where does “rybolov” come from?

rybolov (Czech) comes from Czech lov, from Czech lovit, from Old Czech loviti, from Proto-Slavic lovìti — to catch.

rybolov (Czech): fishing

Definitions

  1. fishing

Ancestry of “rybolov”, step by step

rybolov traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech lov

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechlovhunt; hunting; second-person singular imperative...
2Czechlovitto hunt
3Old Czechlovitito hunt
4Proto-Slaviclovìtito catch

via Czech ryba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechrybafish
2Old Czechrybafish
3Proto-Slavicrybafish
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish
Every word from Proto-Slavic lovìti →Every word from Old Czech loviti →Every word from Czech lovit →