Where does “okolnost” come from?

okolnost (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech okolnost, from Czech okolní, from Czech okolí, from Czech o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

okolnost (Serbo-Croatian): circumstance

Definitions

  1. circumstance

Ancestry of “okolnost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechokolnostcircumstance
2Czechokolnísurrounding
3Czechokolísurroundings, surrounding area; neighborhood
4Czecho-around, all around; A complete action, a...
5Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
6Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab →Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b) →