Where does “човеков” come from?
човеков (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian -ов, from Macedonian овој, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
човеков (Macedonian): human (as in human rights)
Definitions
- human (as in human rights)
Ancestry of “човеков”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | -ов | Appended to nouns to create adjectives; ’s, -son,... |
| 2 | Macedonian | овој | this; this one |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 5 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |