Where does “кривоног” come from?

кривоног (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Macedonian крив, from Proto-Slavic krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas, from Proto-Indo-European kreywos.

кривоног (Serbo-Croatian): bow-legged, bandy-legged

Definitions

  1. bow-legged, bandy-legged

Ancestry of “кривоног”, step by step

кривоног traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Macedonian крив

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianкривguilty; crooked, tilted, wry
2Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
3Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwascrooked, curved, wrong
4Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—

via Macedonian нога

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianногаleg; foot
2Old Church Slavonicногаleg; foot
3Slavic*noga—

via Serbo-Croatian но̀га

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianно̀гаleg
2Proto-Slavicnogàfoot, leg
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreywos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic krivъ →