Where does “отрьти” come from?
отрьти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
отрьти (Old Church Slavonic): to rub
Ancestry of “отрьти”, step by step
отрьти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Church Slavonic о
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | о | about; around; through |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |
via Old Church Slavonic трьти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | трьти | to rub, to wipe, to scrape |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |