Where does “въпрос” come from?

въпрос (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic въпросъ, from Old Church Slavonic въпросити, from Old Church Slavonic просити, from Proto-Slavic prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

въпрос (Bulgarian): question sentence which asks for information

Definitions

  1. question sentence which asks for information

Ancestry of “въпрос”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвъпросъquestion, bid
2Old Church Slavonicвъпроситиto ask
3Old Church Slavonicпроситиask; demand
4Proto-Slavicprositito ask
5Proto-Balto-Slavicpráśīˀteito ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic práśīˀtei
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