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Where does “ciupercă” come from?

ciupercă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pečurka, from Proto-Slavic pečura — something roasted or dried on stove; edible...

ciupercă (Romanian): fungus; mushroom

Definitions

  1. fungus; mushroom

Ancestry of “ciupercă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpečurkatoadstool; mushroom; agaric
2Proto-Slavicpečurasomething roasted or dried on stove; edible...
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