Where does “ровьникъ” come from?

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

ровьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): abyss

Definitions

  1. abyss

Ancestry of “ровьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicровъhole, ditch
2Proto-Slavicrovъditch; pitch
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrawas—
4Proto-Indo-European(H)rewH-to dig out, to root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas →Every word from Proto-Slavic rovъ →