Where does “csukás” come from?

csukás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csuk, from Proto-Uralic čukka- — shut.

csukás (Hungarian): shutting, closing; containing pike, rich in pike;...

Definitions

  1. shutting, closing; containing pike, rich in pike;...

Ancestry of “csukás”, step by step

csukás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian csuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsukto shut, close
2Proto-Uralicčukka-shut

via Hungarian csuka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsukapike; shoe
2Proto-Slavicščùkapike fish
Every word from Proto-Uralic čukka-Every word from Hungarian csuk