Where does “peixe” come from?

peixe (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese peixe, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

peixe (Galician): a fish; fish; trout

Definitions

  1. a fish; fish; trout

Ancestry of “peixe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortuguesepeixeAlternative form of peyxe
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Old Portuguese peixe →