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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

Definitions

  1. black-eyed

Ancestry of “crnook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianokoeye; around, about, roughly, approximately;...
2Proto-Slavicȍko—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicak-eye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
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