Where does “къна” come from?

къна (Bulgarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنا, from Arabic حِنَّاء, from Arabic حَنَّأَ.

къна (Bulgarian): to tear apart, to rend

Definitions

  1. to tear apart, to rend

Ancestry of “къна”, step by step

къна traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قنا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقنا—
2Arabicحِنَّاءhenna
3Arabicحَنَّأَ—

via Proto-Slavic *kъdnǫti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*kъdnǫti—
Every word from Arabic حَنَّأَ →Every word from Arabic حِنَّاء →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قنا →