Where does “чу́шка” come from?

чу́шка (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic чешоуꙗ, from Proto-Slavic *češujà, from Proto-Slavic česàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.

чу́шка (Bulgarian): pepper fruit of the pepper plant

Definitions

  1. pepper fruit of the pepper plant

Ancestry of “чу́шка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчешоуꙗscale (of fish, reptiles, etc.)
2Proto-Slavic*češujàscales
3Proto-Slavicčesàtito comb, to scratch; to scratch, to comb
4Proto-Balto-Slavickésteito comb
5Proto-Indo-Europeankes-to scrape, comb

Words derived from “чу́шка”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kes- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic česàti →