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Where does “pungaș” come from?

pungaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian -aș, from Proto-Slavic -ašь.

pungaș (Romanian): pickpocket, thief

Definitions

  1. pickpocket, thief

Ancestry of “pungaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-așdiminutive suffix
2Proto-Slavic-ašь—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ašь →