Where does “пистоле́т” come from?
пистоле́т (Russian) comes from French pistolet, from French pistole, from Middle High German pitschal, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic piščalь, from Proto-Slavic piskati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pīṣk-.
Ancestry of “пистоле́т”, step by step