Where does “покровъ” come from?

покровъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic по, from Proto-Slavic po, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

покровъ (Old Church Slavonic): roof

Definitions

  1. roof

Ancestry of “покровъ”, step by step

покровъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic по

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпоalong; on; after
2Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Old Church Slavonic кровъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicкровъroof; dwelling
2Proto-Slavickrovъroof
3Proto-Balto-Slavickrawas—

Words derived from “покровъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó →Every word from Proto-Slavic po →
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