Where does “csehek” come from?
csehek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cseh, from Czech čech, from Old Czech Čech, from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
csehek (Hungarian): nominative plural of cseh
Definitions
- nominative plural of cseh
Ancestry of “csehek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | cseh | Czech |
| 2 | Czech | čech | — |
| 3 | Old Czech | Čech | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | čelověkъ | man, human |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷel- | crowd, people |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |