Where does “sobeckost” come from?
sobeckost (Czech) comes from Czech sobecký, from Czech sobec, from Czech -eč, from Old Czech -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
sobeckost (Czech): selfishness
Definitions
- selfishness
Ancestry of “sobeckost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | sobecký | selfish |
| 2 | Czech | sobec | selfish person |
| 3 | Czech | -eč | appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge |
| 4 | Old Czech | -ec | forms masculine nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 6 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |