Where does “bulgārisks” come from?
bulgārisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian bulgārs, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Slavic блъгаринъ, from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀, from Proto-Turkic bulgar, from Proto-Turkic bulga- — to stir, stir up; to produce a state of disorder.
bulgārisks (Latvian): Bulgarian
Ancestry of “bulgārisks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | bulgārs | a Bulgarian man, a man born in Bulgaria;... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | Bulgarus | Bulgarian; Bulgar |
| 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 |