Where does “takzvaný” come from?

takzvaný (Czech) comes from Czech zvaný, from Czech zvát, from Serbo-Croatian zvȁti, from Czech zvyk, from Czech zvyknout, from Old Czech zvyknúti, from Old Czech z-, from Proto-Slavic jьz- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

takzvaný (Czech): so-called

Definitions

  1. so-called

Ancestry of “takzvaný”, step by step

takzvaný traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech zvaný

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechzvanýinvited; called
2Czechzvátto invite
3Serbo-Croatianzvȁtito call, to be called
4Czechzvykcustom
5Czechzvyknoutto get used to
6Old Czechzvyknútito get used to
7Old Czechz-—
8Proto-Slavicjьz-—
9Proto-Slavicsъ(n)with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Czech tak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechtakso; so, in that way
2Old Czechtakthus, as such, so
3Proto-Slavictakothus, so, in such a way
4Proto-Slavictakъsuch, such a (kind of), of that kind
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος →Every word from Old Church Slavonic китъ →Every word from Russian кит →