Where does “чур” come from?

чур (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic čurъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱew- — sky, cloud; to stir up, excite; to bend, arch,...

чур (Bulgarian): smoke, fume (typically in mobile state)

Definitions

  1. smoke, fume (typically in mobile state)

Ancestry of “чур”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčurъsmoke, fume
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱew-sky, cloud; to stir up, excite; to bend, arch,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic čurъ →