Where does “цар” come from?
цар (Bulgarian) comes from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.
цар (Bulgarian): czar, tsar, tzar; king, ruler, monarch; emperor
Definitions
- czar, tsar, tzar; king, ruler, monarch; emperor
Ancestry of “цар”, step by step