Where does “Линкълн” come from?
Линкълн (Bulgarian) comes from English Lincoln, from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lindcylene, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Линкълн (Bulgarian): Lincoln car
Definitions
- Lincoln car
Ancestry of “Линкълн”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lincoln | A brand of American automobile; An English breed... |
| 2 | Middle English | Lincolne | — |
| 3 | Old English | Lindcylene | the city of Lincoln, England |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |