Where does “бѣгати” come from?
бѣгати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Serbo-Croatian begati, from Proto-Slavic *běgati.
бѣгати (Old Church Slavonic): to run, to flee
Ancestry of “бѣгати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | begati | to flee |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *běgati | — |