Where does “опитвам” come from?
опитвам (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian опи́там, from Bulgarian о-, from Old Church Slavonic о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
опитвам (Bulgarian): to try (something)
Definitions
- to try (something)
Ancestry of “опитвам”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | опи́там | to try (something) |
| 2 | Bulgarian | о- | forms perfective verbs from imperfective ones, indicating completion, exhaustiveness, or bringing an action to an end |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | о- | prefix added to verbs of motion: about, around |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |