Where does “кърпа за лице” come from?

кърпа за лице (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian лице, from Old Church Slavonic лице, from Proto-Slavic līcè — cheek.

кърпа за лице (Bulgarian): face cloth

Definitions

  1. face cloth

Ancestry of “кърпа за лице”, step by step

кърпа за лице traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian лице

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianлицеface; face, countenance; person, individual
2Old Church Slavonicлицеface, cheek; the frontal aspect of something;...
3Proto-Slaviclīcècheek

via Bulgarian къ́рпа

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianкъ́рпаtowel
2Proto-Slavickъrpapiece of cloth
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*kúrˀpāˀshoe

via Bulgarian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianза"used to indicate the place someone or something...
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Slavic līcè →Every word from Old Church Slavonic лице →Every word from Bulgarian лице →