Where does “pesce lupo” come from?

pesce lupo (Italian) comes from Italian lupo, from Latin lupum, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

pesce lupo (Italian): wolffish

Definitions

  1. wolffish

Ancestry of “pesce lupo”, step by step

pesce lupo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian lupo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlupowolf
2Latinlupumaccusative singular of lupus
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Italian pesce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescefish
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →