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Where does “човек” come from?

човек (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic чловѣкъ, from Proto-Slavic čьlověkъ.

човек (Bulgarian): human, person; man, woman; fellow, chap, guy,...

Definitions

  1. human, person; man, woman; fellow, chap, guy,...

Ancestry of “човек”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчловѣкъman, human
2Proto-Slavicčьlověkъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic čьlověkъ →