Where does “poviesť” come from?

poviesť (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *pověděti — to announce, to inform.

Ancestry of “poviesť”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*povědětito announce, to inform
Every word from Proto-Slavic *pověděti
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