Etymology Explorer › Old East Slavic

Where does “воротъ” come from?

воротъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic vortъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.

Ancestry of “воротъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvortъneck
2Proto-Slavic-ъ*poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...
3Proto-Indo-European-om—
4Proto-Indo-European-o-—

Words derived from “воротъ”

  • ворот
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →