Where does “река́” come from?

река́ (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic рещи, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.

река́ (Bulgarian): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “река́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicрещиspeak; say
2Proto-Slavicreťito say

Words derived from “река́”

Every word from Proto-Slavic reťi →Every word from Old Church Slavonic рещи →