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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 ''*tʃʷakʰ'' (stone, a place to sit).
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).
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