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Where does “огън” come from?

огън (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic огнь, from Proto-Slavic ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ungnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- — to burn; fire.

огън (Bulgarian): fire; temperature, fever; a flame or something...

Definitions

  1. fire; temperature, fever; a flame or something...

Ancestry of “огън”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicогньfire
2Proto-Slavicogňьfire
3Proto-Balto-Slavicungnisfire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥gʷnisfire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁engʷ-to burn; fire
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