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Where does “малина” come from?

малина (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic malina, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- — black.

малина (Bulgarian): raspberry; raspberry bush, raspberry-cane

Definitions

  1. raspberry; raspberry bush, raspberry-cane

Ancestry of “малина”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmalinaraspberry
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂l-black
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- →