Where does “zajatec” come from?
zajatec (Czech) comes from Czech -eč, from Old Czech -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
zajatec (Czech): captive; prisoner of war
Ancestry of “zajatec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | -eč | appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge |
| 2 | Old Czech | -ec | forms masculine nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |