Where does “прострѣти” come from?
прострѣти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European prosterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
прострѣти (Old Church Slavonic): to stretch
Ancestry of “прострѣти”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | prosterti | to extend |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | prosterh₃- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |