Where does “brișcă” come from?

brișcă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian bicska, from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč- — to cut.

brișcă (Romanian): pocketknife

Definitions

  1. pocketknife

Ancestry of “brișcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbicskapocketknife, penknife, jack-knife, clasp-knife
2Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
3Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut

Words derived from “brișcă”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →Every word from Hungarian bicska →