Etymograph

English

Pliska

Pliska comes from Bulgarian Плиска.

  1. BulgarianmodernПлискаPliska
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006Pliska

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. BulgarianmodernПлискаPliska
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006Pliska

Earliest quotation: 2006, Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Volume 37: “He was remembered as a builder of such monuments…”

The story

The age of the city is unclear.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. Traditional claims that it was founded in the 7th century have not been supported by archaeological evidence.

Today it means

name A small town in Shumen Province, Bulgaria, formerly the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire.

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

Etymograph / Bulgarian Плиска / Pliska