Where does “Holecek” come from?
Holecek (English) comes from Czech holeček, from Czech Holec, from Czech -eč, from Old Czech -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Holecek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | holeček | — |
| 2 | Czech | Holec | a beardless young man |
| 3 | Czech | -eč | appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge |
| 4 | Old Czech | -ec | forms masculine nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 6 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |