Where does “исповѣдь” come from?
исповѣдь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic повѣдь, from Old Church Slavonic вѣдь, from Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти, from Proto-Slavic věděti, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
исповѣдь (Old Church Slavonic): confession
Definitions
- confession
Ancestry of “исповѣдь”, step by step
исповѣдь traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Church Slavonic повѣдь
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | повѣдь | teaching |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | вѣдь | knowledge |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | вѣдѣти | to know; to see |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | věděti | to know; to foresee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Old Church Slavonic ис
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | ис | — |