4 Stari makedonski pesni - translation to English or Russian

Originally Posted by Lydia_the angel

Well, as far as I know, the word "kuche" is actually non Slavic word with indeterminate origin (by some researchers). Still it depends what kind of literature you are using. ...

As I plow the older topics on this forum, I stumbled upon this claim and would like to respectfully correct you and Voiou.

The word "kuce" (куче) is Proto Indo-European (PIE) whose etymology is in the word "kukkura":

http://vedabase.net/k/kukkura

So "kuce" is not an original Bulgar word.

Neither is the word "bubrek" (or bubreg in Macedonian) which means kidney but also a mountain.

In Macedonia, nobody used to say "kuce" before 1918, that is a Serbian import. As stated, Macedonians traditionally use "pes".

Best regards,
M