Where does “modrooký” come from?

modrooký (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.

modrooký (Czech): blue-eyed

Definitions

  1. blue-eyed

Ancestry of “modrooký”, step by step

modrooký 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 modrý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechmodrýblue
2Old Czechmodrýblue
3Proto-Slavicmǫdrъwise
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰrosblue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
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