Where does “могила” come from?

могила (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic могꙑла, from Proto-Slavic mogyla — sepulchral cairn.

могила (Bulgarian): mound, hillock, hill

Definitions

  1. mound, hillock, hill

Ancestry of “могила”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicмогꙑлаgrave, tomb, burial mound
2Proto-Slavicmogylasepulchral cairn
Every word from Proto-Slavic mogyla →Every word from Old Church Slavonic могꙑла →