Where does “klapec” come from?
klapec (Hungarian) comes from Slovak chlapec, from Slovak -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
klapec (Hungarian): child, kid
Ancestry of “klapec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Slovak | chlapec | boy |
| 2 | Slovak | -ec | Appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |