Where does “výmysl” come from?
výmysl (Czech) comes from Czech vymyslet, from Czech myslet, from Old Czech mysliti, from Proto-Slavic mysliti, from Proto-Slavic myslь, from Proto-Indo-European muHdʰ-.
výmysl (Czech): fiction, invention
Ancestry of “výmysl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | vymyslet | to come up with, to devise, to figure out, to... |
| 2 | Czech | myslet | to think; to mean |
| 3 | Old Czech | mysliti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | mysliti | to think |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | myslь | thought, idea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | muHdʰ- | — |