Where does “работати” come from?

работати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic orbotati — to work.

работати (Old Church Slavonic): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “работати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicorbotatito work
Every word from Proto-Slavic orbotati
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