Etymology

vizsla

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Today it means: A dog breed originating in Hungary. Full definition →

Hungarian vizsla
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  1. Hungarian · derived fromvizsla
  2. English todayVizsla

From Hungarian vizsla, itself probably a borrowing from a Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian vižao/вижао, Czech vyžle, Polish wyżeł, wyga (“old dog”), Russian выжла (vyžla).

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