Where does “пчелояд” come from?
пчелояд (Russian) comes from Bulgarian пчелоя́д, from Bulgarian -о-, from Old Church Slavonic -о-, from Proto-Slavic -o-.
пчелояд (Russian): bee-eater
Ancestry of “пчелояд”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | пчелоя́д | — |
| 2 | Bulgarian | -о- | — |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | -о- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -o- | — |