Where does “pușcă de vânătoare” come from?
pușcă de vânătoare (Romanian) comes from Romanian pușcă, from Hungarian puska, from Czech puška, from Old Czech puška, from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *buhsā, from Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis — box tree; boxwood.
pușcă de vânătoare (Romanian): shotgun
Definitions
- shotgun
Ancestry of “pușcă de vânătoare”, step by step
pușcă de vânătoare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pușcă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pușcă | rifle, gun |
| 2 | Hungarian | puska | rifle, gun; cheat sheet |
| 3 | Czech | puška | rifle; gun |
| 4 | Old Czech | puška | vessel, small box |
| 5 | Old High German | buhsa | box |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *buhsā | — |
| 7 | Latin | buxis | a box |
| 8 | Latin | pyxis | A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πυξίς | box made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πύξος | box tree; boxwood |