Where does “копривена чорба” come from?

копривена чорба (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian чорба́, from Ottoman Turkish چوربا, from Persian شوربا, from Persian شور, from Persian شوریدن, from Persian شستن — to wash.

копривена чорба (Bulgarian): nettle soup soup made from blanched young nettles, boiled with rice, spring onions, and herbs, often thickened with a yogurt-and-egg mixture and served with crumbled sirene and yogurt

Definitions

  1. nettle soup soup made from blanched young nettles, boiled with rice, spring onions, and herbs, often thickened with a yogurt-and-egg mixture and served with crumbled sirene and yogurt

Ancestry of “копривена чорба”, step by step

копривена чорба traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian чорба́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianчорба́stew, soup
2Ottoman Turkishچورباsoup
3Persianشورباa kind of stew
4Persianشورsalty; excitement; uproar, clamor
5Persianشوریدنto revolt, to rebel
6Persianشستنto wash

via Bulgarian копри́венa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianкопри́венa
Every word from Persian شستنEvery word from Persian شوریدنEvery word from Persian شور