Where does “peská” come from?

peská (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese pescar, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

peská (Kabuverdianu): to fish

Definitions

  1. to fish

Ancestry of “peská”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepescarto fish; to remove an object from a body of water
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Portuguese pescar →