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Czechn.adj.Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Czech. Etymons: German Tscheche; Czech Čech. Etymology: < (i) German Tscheche (17th cent. or earlier), and (ii) its etymon Czech Čech, self-designation (14th cent. in Old Czech; plural Češi, (inanimate) Čechy); further etymology unknown. It is uncertain whether the following earlier instance should be interpreted as showing the post-classical Latin or English word:1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 23 They that nominated themselves after their owne language Teutsch, Numidians and Hellenes, by the Romanes were named Germans, Mauri and Grecians. Even so in these daies..they which in their owne Idiome are called Muselmans, Magier, Czecchi and Besermans [L. Muselmanni, Magier, Czechi, Besermanni], are by all nations in Europe named Turkes, Hungarians, Bohemians, and Tartarians. With use as adjective compare an isolated earlier use as adjective of Chechi < either Czech Čechy (plural noun; also used as a name of the country: see Czechian n.) or perhaps post-classical Latin Czechi (plural noun; see below):1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XII. xv. vii. 127 Being joined by the Chechi (or Bohemian), Pole, Latin, and Bulgarian, Valak Ogli's auxiliaries, he leads them into the Musulmȃn dominions.With the β. forms compare Old Czech Czech, the usual form in the 15th cent. This was later replaced by Čech in Czech orthography, but the digraph cz was often retained in post-classical Latin Czechi (alongside Zechi; both plural, second half of the 16th cent. or earlier), perhaps partly under the influence of Polish Czech (plural Czesi). N.E.D. (1893) gives the pronunciation as (tʃeχ) /tʃɛx/. A. n.the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Bohemia or Czech Republic > [noun] 1786 tr. J. R. Forster iii. vii. 474 There are also some names of these tribes which are original; as for example, the Sorbs, or Serbs, the Tschechs [Ger. Tschechen], or Bohemians. 1816 R. Pinkerton Let. 28 Aug. in (1817) 91 The only Slavonian stems which remain to be mentioned, are, the Bohemians and Wends: the former in Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary, under the names of Tschehs and Slovaks. 1866 C. Engel vii. 265 The national dances of the Czechs. 1919 tr. T. Masaryk in 5 Jan. iii. 2/6 Be assured that Germans in our newly founded state shall enjoy complete equality with Czechs. 1938 4 Oct. 7/1 Guarantees to the Czechs... His Majesty's Government would be prepared..to join in an international guarantee of the new boundaries of Czechoslovakia. 1957 VI. 951/2 The native home of the Czechs today lies in the Czechoslovak republic..in the western parts of which..they are the dominating and almost the sole population. 1993 May 80/1 Of all the peoples of old Mitteleuropa, none, they say, have learned the new ways of commerce as quickly as the Czechs. 2018 26 Jan. 9/1 Many Czechs abandoned ‘establishment’ parties in parliamentary elections last October. the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Lechitic > Czech 1859 II. 389/1 58 are printed in the German language, 5 in Czech (the Bohemian dialect), 2 in Servian, [etc.]. 1879 VIII. 701/2 Czech, or Tsekh, is the national language of Bohemia, and is also largely spoken in Moravia and north-western Hungary. 1915 47 423 A transition zone between Czech and Polish exists here and is characterized by a local dialect of mixed language. 1934 D. Round tr. K. Capek 114 My Czech was very rough and bristling with Russianisms. 2010 11 Mar. 37/3 By the later 1980s I had acquired a passive competence in Czech. B. adj.the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavic > Lechitic > Czech the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Bohemia or Czech Republic > [adjective] 1817 Sept. 961 The Slavian Literature, or the Czech, supports itself vigorously, especially in Bohemia. 1852 R. G. Latham 241 Both populations are Tshekh speaking the Tshekh language. 1938 H. Channon 13 Sept. (2021) I. 923 The French say they will march if an inch of Czech territory is violated. 1992 7 Mar. 90/3 Before..1989, many Czech motorists preferred to drive a Russian Lada than to travel in a home-made Skoda. 2013 15 May e1/3 Becherovka.., a popular Czech liquor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1786 |