odemknout

Czech

Etymology

Prefix od- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also zamknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (to rush, move quickly) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (to make a quick movement, to slide)[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈodɛmknou̯t]

Verb

odemknout pf (imperfective odemykat)

  1. to unlock
    Antonym: zamknout

Conjugation

References

  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801
  2. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “-mknout”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 421
  3. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

  • odemknouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • odemknouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • odemknout in Internetová jazyková příručka
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