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Bulgarian
Горски собол
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic*sobolъ, *sobolь, possibly via Russianсо́боль(sóbolʹ, “sable”), as Russia was the main exporter of sablepelt during the Middle Ages. Originally may have referred to any “small mammal with hazel or fawn fur”, based on the apparent kinship to dialectal соболе́ц(soboléc, “ground squirel”), Romanianșobolan(“rat”).
The Slavic etymon is sometimes considered a Eurasian wanderwort, a doublet of Turkish-Persian borrowing саму́р(samúr) (ultimately from Middle Persiansmwl).
Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “собол”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 266
