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Where does “lișiță” come from?

lișiță (Romanian) comes from Bulgarian лиска, from Proto-Slavic lysъka.

lișiță (Romanian): coot

Definitions

  1. coot

Ancestry of “lișiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianлискаcoot , particularly common coot
2Proto-Slaviclysъka—
Every word from Proto-Slavic lysъka →