Where does “плява” come from?

плява (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic pelva, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

плява (Bulgarian): chaff, husk the dry husks and small straw fragments separated from grain during threshing or winnowing

Definitions

  1. chaff, husk the dry husks and small straw fragments separated from grain during threshing or winnowing

Ancestry of “плява”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpelvachaff
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pelva →