Where does “питати” come from?
питати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic пꙑтати, from Proto-Slavic pȳtàti — to ask, examine.
питати (Ukrainian): to ask
Ancestry of “питати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | пꙑтати | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pȳtàti | to ask, examine |