Where does “великолепие” come from?
великолепие (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian вели́к, from Old Church Slavonic великъ, from Proto-Slavic velikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
великолепие (Bulgarian): splendour, magnificence
Definitions
- splendour, magnificence
Ancestry of “великолепие”, step by step
великолепие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian вели́к
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | вели́к | grandiose, enormous, monumental, gigantic of great magnitude |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | великъ | big; great |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | velikъ | great |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |
via Bulgarian ле́пие
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | ле́пие | — |