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Where does “strašidlo” come from?

strašidlo (Czech) comes from Czech -dlo, from Old Czech -dlo.

strašidlo (Czech): specter, ghost, spook, bogeyman

Definitions

  1. specter, ghost, spook, bogeyman

Ancestry of “strašidlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-dloa suffix used to form instrument nouns
2Old Czech-dlo—

Words derived from “strašidlo”

  • strašidelný
Every word from Old Czech -dlo →