Where does “hnědovlasý” come from?

hnědovlasý (Czech) comes from Czech vlas, from Old Czech vlas, from Proto-Slavic vȏlsъ — hair pigmented filament.

hnědovlasý (Czech): brown-haired

Definitions

  1. brown-haired

Ancestry of “hnědovlasý”, step by step

hnědovlasý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech vlas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvlasa single hair
2Old Czechvlasa single hair (a filament growing from the skin of the head of humans)
3Proto-Slavicvȏlsъhair pigmented filament

via Czech hnědý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhnědýbrown
2Proto-Slavicgnědъbrown
Every word from Proto-Slavic vȏlsъ →Every word from Old Czech vlas →Every word from Czech vlas →