Where does “бѣлити” come from?

бѣлити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic běliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

бѣлити (Old Church Slavonic): to bleach

Definitions

  1. to bleach

Ancestry of “бѣлити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbělitito whiten
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →