zámek

See also: zamek

Czech

Etymology

• (lock): From zamknout, from za- and the base mknout (compare also odemknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), from Proto-Slavic *mъk- (“quick movement”) (compare Polish mknąć), from Proto-Indo-European *smewk-, *mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”). But note also Old Novgorodian ꙁамъке (zamŭke, “lock”), from circa 1025‒1050 AD.
• (manor house): Semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (influenced by German Schloss, which also means both "lock" and "manor house"), itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaːmɛk]

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Noun

1. lock (thing used for fastening)
2. château, castle (French-style castle), palace, manor house

Derived terms

• zámečník
• zámečnictví n
• zámecký
• zámkový

Related terms

• zamknout

See also

• klíč m
• hrad
• odemknout

Further reading

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