Where does “гълчава” come from?

гълчава (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic gъlkъ — noise, cackle.

гълчава (Bulgarian): clamour, din, racket dissonant sound caused by interference between several conflicting sources of noise

Definitions

  1. clamour, din, racket dissonant sound caused by interference between several conflicting sources of noise

Ancestry of “гълчава”, step by step

гълчава traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic gъlkъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgъlkъnoise, cackle

via Bulgarian гълча́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianгълча́to scold, to reprimand, to chide

Words derived from “гълчава

Every word from Proto-Slavic gъlkъ