Where does “мя́сто” come from?

мя́сто (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic мѣсто, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.

мя́сто (Bulgarian): place, venue, spot, locale, site

Definitions

  1. place, venue, spot, locale, site

Ancestry of “мя́сто”, step by step

мя́сто traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic мѣсто

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicмѣстоplace
2Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city

via Proto-Slavic *městiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*městitito move, to change location

Words derived from “мя́сто

Every word from Proto-Slavic městoEvery word from Old Church Slavonic мѣсто