Where does “глагол” come from?

глагол (Ukrainian) comes from Old Church Slavonic глаголъ, from Proto-Slavic golgolъ, from Proto-Slavic gol-.

глагол (Ukrainian): word; speech

Definitions

  1. word; speech

Ancestry of “глагол”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicглаголъword; speech; teaching
2Proto-Slavicgolgolъspeech; word
3Proto-Slavicgol-—
Every word from Proto-Slavic gol- →Every word from Proto-Slavic golgolъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic глаголъ →