Where does “sobec” come from?

sobec (Czech) comes from Czech sobě, from Proto-Slavic sebe, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

sobec (Czech): selfish person

Definitions

  1. selfish person

Ancestry of “sobec”, step by step

sobec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech sobě

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechsobědative/locative of se; to oneself
2Proto-Slavicsebeoneself, each other; genitive of *sę
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Old Catalan subet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalansubet—
2Arabicسُبَات—

Words derived from “sobec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Slavic sebe →Every word from Czech sobě →