Where does “nápoveda” come from?

nápoveda (Slovak) comes from Czech nápověda, from Czech napovědět, from Czech ná-, from Old Czech na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

Ancestry of “nápoveda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnápovědahelp
2Czechnapovědětto prompt
3Czechná-a noun forming prefix
4Old Czechna-derives verbs of various meanings
5Proto-Slavicna-on
Every word from Proto-Slavic na-Every word from Czech ná-Every word from Old Czech na-