Where does “Цариград” come from?
Цариград (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian цар, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.
Цариград (Bulgarian): Tsargrad a historical term for Constantinople, former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that
Definitions
- Tsargrad a historical term for Constantinople, former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that
Ancestry of “Цариград”, step by step
Цариград traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian цар
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | цар | czar, tsar, tzar; king, ruler, monarch; emperor |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 6 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 7 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |