Where does “ciucă” come from?

ciucă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian csuka, from Proto-Slavic ščùka — pike fish.

ciucă (Romanian): northern pike (Esox lucius)

Definitions

  1. northern pike (Esox lucius)

Ancestry of “ciucă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsukapike; shoe
2Proto-Slavicščùkapike fish

Words derived from “ciucă”

Every word from Proto-Slavic ščùka →Every word from Hungarian csuka →