Where does “hnědooký” come from?

hnědooký (Czech) comes from Czech oko, from Old Czech oko, from Proto-Slavic ȍko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

hnědooký (Czech): brown-eyed

Definitions

  1. brown-eyed

Ancestry of “hnědooký”, step by step

hnědooký traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech oko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechokoeye; twenty-one, pontoon; tarn
2Old Czechokoeye
3Proto-Slavicȍkoeye
4Proto-Balto-Slavicak-eye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Czech hnědý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhnědýbrown
2Proto-Slavicgnědъbrown
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