Where does “запитвам” come from?

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

запитвам (Bulgarian): to ask

Definitions

  1. to ask

Ancestry of “запитвам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianзапи́тамto ask
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)
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