Where does “bědovat” come from?

bědovat (Czech) comes from Czech -ovat, from Old Czech -ovati, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

bědovat (Czech): to lament, to moan

Definitions

  1. to lament, to moan

Ancestry of “bědovat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-ovatverb forming suffix
2Old Czech-ovativerb forming suffix
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Czech -ovat →Every word from Old Czech -ovati →