Where does “hueco” come from?

hueco (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish ocar, from Czech oko, from Old Czech oko, from Proto-Slavic ȍko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

hueco (Spanish): hollow; gay; clueless

Definitions

  1. hollow; gay; clueless

Ancestry of “hueco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishocar—
2Czechokoeye; twenty-one, pontoon; tarn
3Old Czechokoeye
4Proto-Slavicȍkoeye
5Proto-Balto-Slavicak-eye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “hueco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ak- →