Where does “запрѣтити” come from?

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

запрѣтити (Old Church Slavonic): to threaten, to rebuke

Definitions

  1. to threaten, to rebuke

Ancestry of “запрѣтити”, step by step

запрѣтити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic прѣтити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпрѣтитиto rebuke; to threaten
2Proto-Slavicpertitito order; to forbid, to ban; to oppose
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Old Church Slavonic за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicза
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti