пелин

From Proto-Slavic *pelynъ m (attested also as *pelynь f), probably from the root of Bulgarian паля (palja, “to set on fire, to ignite”), пепел (pepel, “ashes”), due to the bitter taste of mugwort. Compare Bulgarian горчивка (gorčivka, “felwort”) from Bulgarian горчив (gorčiv, “bitter”).

Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).

пели́н • (pelín) m (related adjective пели́нов or пели́нен)

1. wormwood
2. mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

• паля (palja, “to ignite, to set on fire”)
• пепел (pepel, “ashes”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “полы́нь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

• пелин in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “пелин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 141

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Cognate with Bulgarian пелин (pelin), Serbo-Croatian пелин, Russian полы́нь (polýnʹ), Czech pelyněk, Polish piołun.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlin]

пелин • (pelin) m

1. wormwood