Where does “Pospisil” come from?
Pospisil (English) comes from Czech pospíšil, from Czech pospíšit, from Czech spěchat, from Czech -at, from Old Czech -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Ancestry of “Pospisil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | pospíšil | — |
| 2 | Czech | pospíšit | hurry up |
| 3 | Czech | spěchat | — |
| 4 | Czech | -at | A common ending for many infinitive verbs |
| 5 | Old Czech | -ati | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |