Where does “piscar” come from?

piscar (Catalan) comes from Catalan pescar, from Latin piscārī, from Hungarian Piskáros, from Latin piscarius, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

piscar (Catalan): to pick at food

Definitions

  1. to pick at food

Ancestry of “piscar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpescarto fish
2Latinpiscārī—
3HungarianPiskáros—
4Latinpiscariusof or pertaining to fish or fishing; fishmonger
5LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
6Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Latin piscarius →