Where does “fiscella” come from?

fiscella (Italian) comes from Latin fiscella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fiscella (Italian): a conical wicker basket used to drain fresh ricotta

Definitions

  1. a conical wicker basket used to drain fresh ricotta

Ancestry of “fiscella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfiscellasmall wicker basket
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fiscella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Proto-Italic -elos →