English

lev

Lev comes from Bulgarian лъв ‘lion’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *lьvъ.

Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*lьvъ‘lion’reconstructed
Old Church Slavonicmodernльвъlĭvŭ‘lion’
Bulgarianmodernлъвlăv‘lion’
Bulgarian, derivedmodernлевlevvariant of лъв
Englishtodaylev

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*lьvъ‘lion’reconstructed
Old Church Slavonicmodernльвъlĭvŭ‘lion’
Bulgarianmodernлъвlăv‘lion’
Bulgarian, derivedmodernлевlevvariant of лъв
Englishtodaylev

Linked words

through Latin leō ‘lion’

lion, lei, leu, 2 more

Today it means

noun The currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025; divided into 100 stotinki.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *lьvъ / lev

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