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Where does “vârșă” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vârșă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvršafish-trap
2Proto-Slavicvьršafishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers
Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrša →