Where does “pescecane” come from?

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

pescecane (Italian): dogfish

Definitions

  1. dogfish

Ancestry of “pescecane”, step by step

pescecane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pesce

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

via Italian cane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanedog, male dog; hammer; freezing, biting
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →