Where does “ровъ” come from?

ровъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic rovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- — to dig out, to root.

ровъ (Old Church Slavonic): hole, ditch

Definitions

  1. hole, ditch

Ancestry of “ровъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicrovъditch; pitch
2Proto-Balto-Slavicrawas—
3Proto-Indo-European(H)rewH-to dig out, to root

Words derived from “ровъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas →Every word from Proto-Slavic rovъ →
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