Where does “coțcar” come from?

coțcar (Romanian) comes from Romanian coțcă, from Serbo-Croatian kȍcka, from Proto-Slavic kostъka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

coțcar (Romanian): swindler

Definitions

  1. swindler

Ancestry of “coțcar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancoțcădie
2Serbo-Croatiankȍckacube
3Proto-Slavickostъkasmall bone
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “coțcar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →Every word from Proto-Slavic kostъka →