Where does “chetnik” come from?
chetnik (English) comes from Polish chętny, from Polish -ny, from Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
chetnik (English): A member of a Serbian royalist army band; An...
Definitions
- A member of a Serbian royalist army band; An...
Ancestry of “chetnik”, step by step
chetnik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish chętny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | chętny | willing |
| 2 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 3 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |