Where does “че́рпя” come from?

че́рпя (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic чрьпати, from Proto-Slavic čьrpati, from Proto-Slavic čerpti, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

че́рпя (Bulgarian): to draw, to scoop (water with a vessel)

Definitions

  1. to draw, to scoop (water with a vessel)

Ancestry of “че́рпя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчрьпати—
2Proto-Slavicčьrpatito scoop, draw
3Proto-Slavicčerptito scoop, draw about water or something loose
4Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “че́рпя”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čerpti →