Where does “ковати” come from?

ковати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic kovàti, from Proto-Indo-European kewh₂- — to hit, to strike; to forge.

ковати (Old Church Slavonic): to forge

Definitions

  1. to forge

Ancestry of “ковати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickovàtito forge
2Proto-Indo-Europeankewh₂-to hit, to strike; to forge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kovàti →