Where does “завършвам” come from?

завършвам (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian завъ́рша, from Bulgarian за-, from Old Church Slavonic за-, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after (stationary).

завършвам (Bulgarian): to finish, to complete, to conclude

Definitions

  1. to finish, to complete, to conclude

Ancestry of “завършвам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianзавъ́ршаto finish, to complete, to conclude
2Bulgarianза-to begin doing an action; the onset of an action
3Old Church Slavonicза-to begin doing describing an action of commencing
4Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Slavic za