Where does “елен” come from?
елен (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic elenь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁el-en-i-.
елен (Bulgarian): deer
Ancestry of “елен”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | elenь | deer |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁el-en-i- | — |