Where does “zmijovka” come from?

zmijovka (English) comes from Czech zmijovka, from Czech zmije, from Proto-Slavic zmьja, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

zmijovka (English): A traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it ta

Definitions

  1. A traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it ta

Ancestry of “zmijovka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechzmijovkazmijovka Czech wool cap whose cuff has a zig-zag pattern like that on an adder’s back
2Czechzmijeviper, adder; evil woman
3Proto-Slaviczmьjasnake
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
5Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →