Etymology

Siska

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Czech Šiška ← Slovak Šiška ← Slovene Šiška
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The story

  1. Estonian · borrowed fromSiska
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*šišьka“cone”
  3. Hungarian · derived fromsiska“long-eared pig”
  4. Hungarian · borrowed fromSiska
  5. Proto-Slavic · derived from*šišьka“cone”
  6. Slovene · borrowed fromŠiška
  7. Slovak · borrowed fromŠiška
  8. Czech · borrowed fromŠiška
  9. English todaySiska

Multiple etymologies, including: # Czech Šiška, Slovak Šiška, Slovene Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Hungarian Siska, from dialectal Hungarian siska (“long-eared pig”) or from the Slavic surname Šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka (“cone”) # Estonian Siska, unclear further etymology

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