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Where does “zbytečný” come from?

zbytečný (Czech) comes from Czech zbytek, from Czech zbýt, from Czech z-, from Old Czech z-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

zbytečný (Czech): superfluous; futile, vain

Definitions

  1. superfluous; futile, vain

Ancestry of “zbytečný”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechzbytekrest, remainder; remainder
2Czechzbýtto remain, to be left
3Czechz-A prefix, indicating a change of state
4Old Czechz-—
5Proto-Slavicjьz-—
6Proto-Slavicsъ(n)with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt—
10Germankitt—
11Old High Germankuti—
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “zbytečný”

  • zbytečnost
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