Where does “pesce vipera” come from?

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

pesce vipera (Italian): viperfish

Definitions

  1. viperfish

Ancestry of “pesce vipera”, step by step

pesce vipera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pesce

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

via Italian vipera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianviperaviper, adder; a catty person
2Latinvīperaadder, snake, serpent, viper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Italian pesce →
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