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Where does “попъ” come from?

попъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.

попъ (Old Church Slavonic): priest

Definitions

  1. priest

Ancestry of “попъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
2Old Norsesúla—
3Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-—

Words derived from “попъ”

  • Popescu
  • Popovic
  • попович
  • поп
  • Попов
  • Popescu
  • poppamies
  • поп
  • pop
  • Popović
  • поп
  • поп
  • popă
  • Popescu
  • popesc
  • pop
  • papp
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