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
- Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the...
Ancestry of “Bulgarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Bulgaria | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | Bulgaria | — |
| 3 | Slavic | блъгаринъ | — |
| 4 | Old Turkic | 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 | to stir; to produce a state of disorder, put in... |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | bulgar | disturber, disturbing |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | bulga- | to stir, stir up; to produce a state of disorder |