köken: First attested around 1430. Arrived in the Hungarian language primarily via German and Slavic languages. Ultimately, from German which itself can be traced back to the Vulgar Latin buxis (“box”). Compare German Büchse, Serbo-Croatian puška, Russian пушка (puška), Romanian pușcă.
aile: puskás, géppuska, puskapor, vadászpuska
cmn作弊條 /作弊条, 小抄
Etimoloji
Colloquialized reflex of Ottoman Turkish پيستول (“pistol”) (itself a French or German borrowing), ultimately of Slavic origin. By surface analysis, пищя́ (pištjá, “to squeak, to scream”) + -ов (-ov). Also borrowed into Romanian pișcol (colloquial), Greek πιστόλι (pistóli)).