Where does “строити” come from?

строити (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic strojiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “строити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstrojitito make ready, prepare, arrange; to erect
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “строити”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →