Where does “sportovkyně” come from?
sportovkyně (Czech) comes from Czech sportovat, from Czech -ovat, from Old Czech -ovati, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.
sportovkyně (Czech): sportswoman, female athlete
Definitions
- sportswoman, female athlete
Ancestry of “sportovkyně”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | sportovat | to take part in sports, to do some sport or... |
| 2 | Czech | -ovat | verb forming suffix |
| 3 | Old Czech | -ovati | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ovati | Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives |