Where does “німота” come from?

німота (Ukrainian) 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.

німота (Ukrainian): Germans

Definitions

  1. Germans

Ancestry of “німота”, step by step

німота traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech němota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechněmotamuteness
2Czech-otanoun suffix
3Old Czech-ota—
4Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
6Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—

via Ukrainian ні́мець

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianні́мецьGerman (male person)
2Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Czech -ota →