Where does “vârșă” come from?

vârșă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vrša, from Proto-Slavic vьrša — fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers.

vârșă (Romanian): net for fishing; bow net; eelpout net

Definitions

  1. net for fishing; bow net; eelpout net

Ancestry of “vârșă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvršafish-trap
2Proto-Slavicvьršafishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers

Words derived from “vârșă”

Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrša →Every word from Serbo-Croatian vrša →