Where does “plevușcă” come from?

plevușcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ușcă, from Old Church Slavonic -ушька.

plevușcă (Romanian): minnow

Definitions

  1. minnow

Ancestry of “plevușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ușcăForms feminine diminutives of nouns
2Old Church Slavonic-ушька—
Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ушька →Every word from Romanian -ușcă →
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