Where does “nemota” come from?

nemota (Slovak) comes from Czech němota, from Czech -ota, from Old Czech -ota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

nemota (Slovak): muteness

Definitions

muteness

Ancestry of “nemota”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Czech	němota	muteness
2	Czech	-ota	noun suffix
3	Old Czech	-ota	—
4	Proto-Slavic	-ota	Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
5	Proto-Balto-Slavic	-atā́ˀ	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-otéh₂	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Czech -ota →