Where does “vokáň” come from?

vokáň (Czech) comes from Slovak vokáň, from Slovak -an, from Proto-Slavic -ěninъ.

vokáň (Czech): circumflex

Definitions

  1. circumflex

Ancestry of “vokáň”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakvokáňcircumflex
2Slovak-ansuffix used to form masculine demonyms from the names of places (cities, countries, regions)
3Proto-Slavic-ěninъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ěninъ →Every word from Slovak -an →Every word from Slovak vokáň →