Where does “rost” come from?
rost (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian rosć, from Proto-Slavic orsti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.
rost (Lower Sorbian): supine of rosć
Ancestry of “rost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | rosć | to grow |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | orsti | to grow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | — |