Where does “Bulgarian” come from?

Bulgarian comes from English Bulgar, from Latin Bulgarus, from Latin -anus and -um suffixes applied to a Proto-Italic root ultimately derived from -os.

Bulgarian (English): Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the...

Ancestry of “Bulgarian”, step by step

Bulgarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bulgaria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBulgaria—
2Medieval LatinBulgaria—
3Slavicблъгаринъ—
4Old Turkic𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀to stir; to produce a state of disorder, put in...
5Proto-Turkicbulgardisturber, disturbing
6Proto-Turkicbulga-to stir, stir up; to produce a state of disorder

via English bulgar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbulgarAlternative spelling of bulgur
2Medieval LatinBulgarusBulgarian; Bulgar

Words derived from “Bulgarian”

Every word from Proto-Turkic bulga- →Every word from Proto-Turkic bulgar →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 →