Where does “паста за зъби” come from?

паста за зъби (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian па́ста, from Italian pasta, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

паста за зъби (Bulgarian): toothpaste

Definitions

  1. toothpaste

Ancestry of “паста за зъби”, step by step

паста за зъби traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian па́ста

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianпа́стаpastry, cake small sweet made of dough, usually with cream
2Italianpastapaste; pasta, noodles; dough
3Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
4Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
5Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
6Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

via Bulgarian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianза"used to indicate the place someone or something...
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)

via Bulgarian зъ́би

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianзъ́би
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-Every word from Ancient Greek πάσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek παστός
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