Where does “песен” come from?

песен (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic пѣснь, from Proto-Slavic pěsnь, from Proto-Slavic pěti, from Proto-Indo-European poiH-.

песен (Bulgarian): song

Definitions

  1. song

Ancestry of “песен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпѣсньsong
2Proto-Slavicpěsnьsong
3Proto-Slavicpětito sing
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoiH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European poiH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěsnь →