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Where does “vězeň” come from?

vězeň (Czech) comes from Czech věznit, from Czech -eň — from verbs forms nouns.

vězeň (Czech): prisoner

Definitions

  1. prisoner

Ancestry of “vězeň”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvěznitto jail, imprison
2Czech-eňfrom verbs forms nouns

Words derived from “vězeň”

  • vězeňkyně
Every word from Czech -eň →