Where does “в-” come from?
в- (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -бира́ти, from Serbo-Croatian -ати, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Ancestry of “в-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | -бира́ти | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -ати | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |