English

Malko Tŭrnovo

Malko Tŭrnovo comes from Bulgarian Малко Търново.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of малъ ‘small’ + трънъ ‘thorn’

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas

Proto-Slavic *malъ ‘small, petite (of size)’

Old Church Slavonic малъ ‘small’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- ‘stiff’

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós ‘sharp, stiff’

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tírnas ‘thorn’

Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ ‘thorn’

Old Church Slavonic трънъ ‘thorn’

Every English word from Bulgarian Малко Търново

name A town in southeastern Bulgaria.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.