Where does “bucăliță” come from?

bucăliță (Romanian) comes from Romanian bucălaie, from Romanian laie, from Romanian lai, from Albanian ljaj.

Ancestry of “bucăliță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbucălaiehaving a black snout
2Romanianlaienominative feminine singular of lai; accusative...
3Romanianlaiblack (or black mixed with white), gray
4Albanianljaj—
Every word from Albanian ljaj →