Where does “-вам” come from?

-вам (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

-вам (Bulgarian): Forms an imperfective partner verb, with the same meaning, from a perfective verb

Definitions

  1. Forms an imperfective partner verb, with the same meaning, from a perfective verb

Ancestry of “-вам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “-вам

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati
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