Etymology

Berat

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Today it means: A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit. Full definition →

Albanian Berat ← Ottoman Turkish برات ← Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*gordъ
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*bělъ
  3. Old Church Slavonic · derived fromБѣлградъ“white city, white town”
  4. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبرات
  5. Albanian · borrowed fromBerat
  6. English todayBerat

Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*bělъ all →

Belgrade

Proto-Slavic*gordъ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.