Where does “vápenatý” come from?

vápenatý (Czech) comes from Czech vápník, from Czech vápno, from Serbo-Croatian vapno, from Proto-Slavic vapьno, from Proto-Slavic vapъ — dye.

vápenatý (Czech): calcium

Definitions

  1. calcium

Ancestry of “vápenatý”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvápníkcalcium
2Czechvápnolime; penalty box
3Serbo-Croatianvapnolime
4Proto-Slavicvapьnolime
5Proto-Slavicvapъdye
Every word from Proto-Slavic vapъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic vapьno →Every word from Serbo-Croatian vapno →