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Where does “чешка” come from?

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

чешка (Russian): Czech; a shoe used in gymnastics or ballet

Definitions

  1. Czech; a shoe used in gymnastics or ballet

Ancestry of “чешка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechČeškaCzech woman; Bohemian woman
2Czechčech—
3Old CzechČech—
4Proto-Slavicčelověkъman, human
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷel-crowd, people
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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