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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | vrša | fish-trap |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vьrša | fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers |