Where does “основавам” come from?
основавам (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian основа́, from Bulgarian о-, from Old Church Slavonic о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
основавам (Bulgarian): to found, to establish, to set up, to create
Definitions
- to found, to establish, to set up, to create
Ancestry of “основавам”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | основа́ | foundation, fundament, substructure the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically underground |
| 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 | — |