Where does “zápalka” come from?

zápalka (Slovak) comes from Slovak -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

zápalka (Slovak): match device to make fire

Definitions

  1. match device to make fire

Ancestry of “zápalka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovak-kaDenotes that the word is a feminine version of...
2Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
3Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Slovak -ka →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →