Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščuka

Etymology
Further etymology is unknown. Some linguists suggest origin from, with determinative *-k-. However compare with the 🇨🇬 name for the pike, newly formed in the 17th-century,, derived from , by comparison with which one derives *ščuka too as deverbal from – named after the fish’s predatory behaviour. Probably also related to 🇨🇬, which may be borrowed from Slavic, or both words may originate from a substrate.

Noun

 * 1)  pike fish

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