Where does “pișcar” come from?

pișcar (Romanian) comes from Polish Piskor, from Proto-Slavic piskorь — moray, lamprey, gudgeon, minnow or loach.

pișcar (Romanian): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “pișcar”, step by step

pișcar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Piskor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishPiskor—
2Proto-Slavicpiskorьmoray, lamprey, gudgeon, minnow or loach

via Romanian pisc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpiscpeak, summit (of a hill or mountain)
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