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

Definitions

  1. child, kid

Ancestry of “дете”, step by step

дете traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic дѣтѧ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдѣтѧchild
2Proto-Slavicdětęchild
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Bulgarian де́тле

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianде́тле

Words derived from “дете

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Slavic dětęEvery word from Old Church Slavonic дѣтѧ