Where does “азбука” come from?

азбука (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic азъбукꙑ, from Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ.

азбука (Ukrainian): alphabet an ordered set of letters used in a language, especially the old Cyrillic alphabet

Definitions

  1. alphabet an ordered set of letters used in a language, especially the old Cyrillic alphabet

Ancestry of “азбука”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicазъбукꙑ—
2Church Slavonicазъбоукꙑ—
Every word from Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ →Every word from Old East Slavic азъбукꙑ →