Where does “Cernăuți” come from?

Cernăuți (Romanian) comes from Old East Slavic *Чьрновьцꙑ, from Old East Slavic Чьрнь, from Old East Slavic чьрнъ, from Proto-Slavic čьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kiršnas, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥snós, from Proto-Indo-European kers- — black, dirty; run; to run.

Ancestry of “Cernăuți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavic*Чьрновьцꙑ—
2Old East SlavicЧьрньblack, blackness
3Old East Slavicчьрнъblack
4Proto-Slavicčьrnъblack
5Proto-Balto-Slavickiršnasblack
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥snósblack; dark, dusky
7Proto-Indo-Europeankers-black, dirty; run; to run

Words derived from “Cernăuți”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥snós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kiršnas →