πιτσούνι

Greek

Borrowed from Italian piccion(e) (as a dish) + ending -ι (-i). The change [o] > [u]

either from a closed pronunciation of [o] the Italian word, or from southern dialect pic(c)iuni which was perceived as singular -ι noun ^[1]
or, because of the presence of [n],^[1] or influenced by older nouns ending in -ούνι like πιγούνι n (pigoúni, “chin”), κουδούνι n (koudoúni, “bell”).^[2]

πιτσούνι • (pitsoúni) n

Declension of πιτσούνι

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 πιτσούνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ πιτσούνι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre