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Borrowed from Korstek ''čakňa'', which is a calque of the English ''chairman'': čak (chair) + ňa (man). However, unlike in English, it is gender neutral. | Borrowed from Korstek ''čakňa'', which is a calque of the English ''chairman'': čak (chair) + ňa (man). However, unlike in English, it is gender neutral. | ||
Čak is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''* | Čak is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*tšʷakʰ'' (stone, a place to sit). | ||
Ňa is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*níā'' (man), from root ''*ní'' (having to do with people). | Ňa is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*níā'' (man), from root ''*ní'' (having to do with people). | ||