Where does “crnook” come from?
crnook (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian oko, from Proto-Slavic ȍko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
crnook (Serbo-Croatian): black-eyed
Ancestry of “crnook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | oko | eye; around, about, roughly, approximately;... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ȍko | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ak- | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |