Where does “невестулка” come from?
невестулка (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian невя́ста, from Old Church Slavonic невѣста, from Serbo-Croatian nevesta, from Proto-Slavic nevěsta, from Proto-Slavic věděti, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “невестулка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bulgarian | невя́ста | — |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | невѣста | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | nevesta | bride |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | nevěsta | bride |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | věděti | to know; to foresee |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |