Where does “vaz” come from?
vaz (Czech) comes from Czech vázat, from Hungarian -at, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
vaz (Czech): ligament
Ancestry of “vaz”, step by step
vaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech vázat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | vázat | to tie; to bind |
| 2 | Hungarian | -at | Added to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Proto-Slavic vęzъ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | vęzъ | elm |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | winźas | — |