Where does “ciușcă” come from?

ciușcă (Romanian) comes from Bulgarian чу́шка, from Old Church Slavonic чешоуꙗ, from Proto-Slavic *češujà, from Proto-Slavic česàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.

ciușcă (Romanian): hot pepper

Definitions

  1. hot pepper

Ancestry of “ciușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianчу́шкаpepper fruit of the pepper plant
2Old Church Slavonicчешоуꙗscale (of fish, reptiles, etc.)
3Proto-Slavic*češujàscales
4Proto-Slavicčesàtito comb, to scratch; to scratch, to comb
5Proto-Balto-Slavickésteito comb
6Proto-Indo-Europeankes-to scrape, comb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kes- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic česàti →