Where does “pištolj” come from?
pištolj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Pistole, from Middle 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-.
pištolj (Serbo-Croatian): pistol, handgun
Ancestry of “pištolj”, step by step