Where does “pesce trombetta” come from?

pesce trombetta (Italian) comes from Italian pesce, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pesce trombetta (Italian): trumpetfish

Definitions

  1. trumpetfish

Ancestry of “pesce trombetta”, step by step

pesce trombetta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pesce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescefish
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—

via Italian Trombetta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianTrombettatoy trumpet
2Italiantrombatrumpet; horn; bugler
3Frankishtrumbatrumpet, pipe; trumpet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Italian pesce →
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