Where does “мечта” come from?

мечта (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic mьčьta, from Proto-Slavic mikati.

мечта (Bulgarian): dream; second-person singular aorist indicative...

Definitions

  1. dream; second-person singular aorist indicative...

Ancestry of “мечта”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmьčьtadream
2Proto-Slavicmikati
Every word from Proto-Slavic mikatiEvery word from Proto-Slavic mьčьta