Where does “арестувам” come from?

арестувам (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian -у́вам, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

арестувам (Bulgarian): to arrest, to put under arrest, to apprehend, to detain to take into legal custody

Definitions

  1. to arrest, to put under arrest, to apprehend, to detain to take into legal custody

Ancestry of “арестувам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarian-у́вамForms an imperfective verb
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati