Where does “пуковник” come from?

пуковник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

пуковник (Serbo-Croatian): colonel

Definitions

  1. colonel

Ancestry of “пуковник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpъlkъtroop
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ →
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