piskarь

piskorь; piskarь; piskalъ Grammatical information: m. jo; m. jo; m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `loach, gudgeon'

Russian:

piskár' `gudgeon' [m jo];

peskár' `gudgeon' [m jo];

piskál (dial.) `gudgeon' [m o];

peskál (dial.) `gudgeon' [m o]

Czech:

piskoř `loach' [m jo]

Slovak:

piskor `loach' [m jo]

Polish:

piskorz `loach' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

pȉskor `muray' [m o]

Slovene:

piskǫ́r `lampray' [m jo], piskǫ́rja [Gens];

piškǫ́r `lampray' [m jo], piškǫ́rja [Gens];

piškúr `lampray' [m jo], piskúrja [Gens]

Bulgarian:

piskál `gudgeon' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: peis-sk-

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Comments: For the semantic development cf. Lith. pyplỹs `loach, gudgeon' vs. pỹpti `squeak' or Pl. sykawiec `loach' vs. sykać `hiss' (Vasmer s.v. piskár').