Where does “skalňáček” come from?

skalňáček (Czech) comes from Czech skála, from Old Czech skála, from Proto-Slavic skala, from Proto-Slavic skoliti — to cleave, to split.

skalňáček (Czech): rockrunner

Definitions

  1. rockrunner

Ancestry of “skalňáček”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechskálarock
2Old Czechskála—
3Proto-Slavicskalacrack, cleft → sliver, fragment, wedge; rock
4Proto-Slavicskolitito cleave, to split
Every word from Proto-Slavic skoliti →Every word from Proto-Slavic skala →Every word from Old Czech skála →
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