Where does “ceho-slovac” come from?

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

ceho-slovac (Romanian): Czechoslovak

Definitions

  1. Czechoslovak

Ancestry of “ceho-slovac”, step by step

ceho-slovac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ceh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniancehCzech; a Czechoslovakian man
2Czechčech—
3Old CzechČechCzech person
4Proto-Slavicčelověkъman, human
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷel-crowd, people
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Romanian slovac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianslovacSlovakian; a Slovakian man
2FrenchslovaqueSlovak, Slovakian, the Slovakian language;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ →