Where does “Pokorny” come from?

Pokorny (English) comes from Czech Pokorný, from Proto-Slavic pokorьnъ, from Proto-Slavic koriti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kar-, from Proto-Indo-European kar- — hard.

Ancestry of “Pokorny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechPokornýhumble
2Proto-Slavicpokorьnъ—
3Proto-Slavickoritito reproach
4Proto-Balto-Slavickar-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankar-hard

Words derived from “Pokorny”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kar- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kar- →Every word from Proto-Slavic koriti →