Where does “sokolíček” come from?

sokolíček (Czech) comes from Czech sokolík, from Czech sokol, from Old Czech sokol, from Proto-Slavic sokolъ — falcon.

Ancestry of “sokolíček”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechsokolík—
2Czechsokolfalcon
3Old Czechsokol—
4Proto-Slavicsokolъfalcon
Every word from Proto-Slavic sokolъ →Every word from Old Czech sokol →Every word from Czech sokol →