Where does “vzduchoplavec” come from?

vzduchoplavec (Czech) comes from Czech plavit, from Proto-Slavic plàviti, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

vzduchoplavec (Czech): aeronaut

Definitions

  1. aeronaut

Ancestry of “vzduchoplavec”, step by step

vzduchoplavec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech plavit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechplavitto sail to ride in a boat
2Proto-Slavicplàvitito float, to sail
3Proto-Slavic-vati—

via Czech vzducho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvzducho—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Proto-Slavic plàviti →Every word from Czech plavit →
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