Where does “земетръ́с” come from?
земетръ́с (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian треса́, from Proto-Slavic tręsti, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
земетръ́с (Bulgarian): earthquake
Definitions
- earthquake
Ancestry of “земетръ́с”, step by step
земетръ́с traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian треса́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | треса́ | to shake, to convulse |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tręsti | to shake |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 5 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 6 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |