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[-] afk_strats@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

One of the main theories in the etymology of this world is that it's the "pspsps" animal or in Romanian "pispispis". It's then noun-ified with the "că" ending and an "i" was added in the middle to make pronunciation easier.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's brilliant. Their name for cats is a sound that pleases the cats.

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