Where does “pis” come from?
pis (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese peixe, from Old Portuguese peixe, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
pis (Guinea-Bissau Creole): fish
Ancestry of “pis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | peixe | fish |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | peixe | Alternative form of peyxe |
| 3 | Latin | Piscis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *peysk- | — |