Where does “carabușcă” come from?

carabușcă (Romanian) comes from Russian коробочка, from Russian коро́бка, from Old East Slavic коробъка, from Proto-Slavic *korbъka — little basket.

carabușcă (Romanian): tobacco box

Definitions

  1. tobacco box

Ancestry of “carabușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкоробочкаsmall box; boll, capsule, fruitcase; pocket,...
2Russianкоро́бкаbox, case
3Old East Slavicкоробъка—
4Proto-Slavic*korbъkalittle basket
Every word from Proto-Slavic *korbъka →Every word from Old East Slavic коробъка →Every word from Russian коро́бка →