Where does “isca” come from?

isca (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese isca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

isca (Galician): tinder; bait; shoo!

Definitions

  1. tinder; bait; shoo!

Ancestry of “isca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseisca—
2Latinēscafood
3Latinedōto eat
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “isca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →