Where does “моли́в” come from?

моли́в (Bulgarian) comes from Greek μολύβι, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

моли́в (Bulgarian): pencil

Definitions

  1. pencil

Ancestry of “моли́в”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμολύβιpencil, pencil lead; eyeliner; bullets
2Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “моли́в”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Greek μολύβι →