Where does “brișcar” come from?

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

brișcar (Romanian): pocketknife maker or seller

Definitions

  1. pocketknife maker or seller

Ancestry of “brișcar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbrișcăpocketknife
2Hungarianbicskapocketknife, penknife, jack-knife, clasp-knife
3Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
4Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →Every word from Hungarian bicska →