Where does “Czechlands” come from?
Czechlands (English) comes from English Czech, from Polish Czech, from Czech čech, from Old Czech Čech, from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Czechlands (English): Czech Republic
Definitions
- Czech Republic
Ancestry of “Czechlands”, step by step
Czechlands traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Czech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Czech | Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic,... |
| 2 | Polish | Czech | Czech man; Bohemian man |
| 3 | Czech | čech | — |
| 4 | Old Czech | Čech | Czech person |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čelověkъ | man, human |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷel- | crowd, people |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English lands
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lands | plural of land; Third-person singular simple... |