Where does “проповѣдь” come from?

проповѣдь (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.

проповѣдь (Old Church Slavonic): sermon

Definitions

  1. sermon

Ancestry of “проповѣдь”, step by step

проповѣдь traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic повѣдь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicповѣдьteaching
2Old Church Slavonicвѣдьknowledge
3Old Church Slavonicвѣдѣтиto know; to see
4Proto-Slavicvědětito know; to foresee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Slavic *propovědь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*propovědьsermon

Words derived from “проповѣдь”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Slavic věděti →