Where does “покрив” come from?

покрив (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian крив, from Proto-Slavic krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas, from Proto-Indo-European kreywos.

покрив (Macedonian): roof (the cover at the top of a building)

Definitions

  1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)

Ancestry of “покрив”, step by step

покрив traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Macedonian крив

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianкривguilty; crooked, tilted, wry
2Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
3Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwascrooked, curved, wrong
4Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—

via Proto-Slavic *pokryvъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*pokryvъ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreywos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic krivъ →