Where does “абетка” come from?

абетка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian бе — The letter б, the 2nd letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.

абетка (Ukrainian): alphabet

Definitions

  1. alphabet

Ancestry of “абетка”, step by step

абетка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian бе

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianбеThe letter б, the 2nd letter of the Ukrainian alphabet

via Ukrainian А

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianАand, and yet, but
Every word from Ukrainian бе