Where does “отвори” come from?
отвори (Macedonian) comes from Proto-Slavic otъvoriti, from Proto-Slavic otъverti, from Proto-Slavic verti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wérˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European werH-.
отвори (Macedonian): to open
Ancestry of “отвори”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | otъvoriti | to open |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | otъverti | to open |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | verti | to shove, to thrust, to push into; to curve |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | wérˀtei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werH- | — |