Where does “дете” come from?
дете (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic дѣтѧ, from Proto-Slavic dětę, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
дете (Bulgarian): child, kid
Ancestry of “дете”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | дѣтѧ | child |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dětę | child |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |