Where does “По́пів Яр” come from?

По́пів Яр (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian піп, from Old Church Slavonic попъ, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Ancestry of “По́пів Яр”, step by step

По́пів Яр traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian піп

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпіпpriest
2Old Church Slavonicпопъpriest
3Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
4Old Norsesúlapillar, column
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via Ukrainian яр

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianярsteep bank, gully, ravine
2Turkicunknown
3Persianپلنگpanther; leopard

Words derived from “По́пів Яр

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz
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