The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weh₁y-“to plait, twist, weave, wind”
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*věnъkъ
- Old East Slavic · derived fromвѣнъкъ
- Ukrainian · borrowed fromвіно́к
- English todayvinok
Borrowed from Ukrainian віно́к (vinók), from Old East Slavic вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to plait, twist, weave, wind”)) + *-ъkъ (diminutive suffix).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y- all →
whimberry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.