Where does “pașcă” come from?

pașcă (Romanian) comes from Ukrainian пачка, from Russian пак, from German pack, from Low German pack, from Middle Low German pak, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

pașcă (Romanian): a kind of low-quality tobacco

Definitions

  1. a kind of low-quality tobacco

Ancestry of “pașcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпачкаbundle, pack, packet, batch, sheaf, package, parcel
2Russianпакpack ice
3Germanpackpackage, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag
4Low Germanpack—
5Middle Low Germanpak—
6Old Saxonpakko—
7Frankishpakkō—
8Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package
Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →