Where does “soutěžící” come from?
soutěžící (Czech) comes from Czech soutěžit, from Czech sou-, from Slovak sú-, from Proto-Slavic sǫ-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
soutěžící (Czech): competitor, contestant
Ancestry of “soutěžící”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | soutěžit | to compete |
| 2 | Czech | sou- | com-, con-, co- |
| 3 | Slovak | sú- | A prefix akin to co- |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sǫ- | together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |