Where does “ceh” come from?

ceh (Romanian) comes from Czech čech, from Old Czech Čech, from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

ceh (Romanian): Czech; a Czechoslovakian man

Definitions

  1. Czech; a Czechoslovakian man

Ancestry of “ceh”, step by step

ceh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech čech

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechčech—
2Old CzechČechCzech person
3Proto-Slavicčelověkъman, human
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷel-crowd, people
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Hungarian horvát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianhorvátCroatian
2Serbo-CroatianHr̀vāta Croat; Croat
3Proto-SlavicxorvatъCroat

Words derived from “ceh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ →