Where does “рибояд” come from?

рибояд (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian риба, from Old Church Slavonic рꙑба, from Proto-Slavic ryba, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.

рибояд (Bulgarian): fish-eater

Definitions

  1. fish-eater

Ancestry of “рибояд”, step by step

рибояд traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian риба

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianрибаfish
2Old Church Slavonicрꙑбаfish
3Proto-Slavicrybafish
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish

via Bulgarian яд

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianядanger; eater; eat
2Old Church Slavonicꙗдъpoison, venom
3Proto-Slavicjadъpoison, malice
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