Where does “pexxun” come from?

pexxun (Maltese) comes from Sicilian pisciuni, from Sicilian pisci, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pexxun (Maltese): calf

Definitions

  1. calf

Ancestry of “pexxun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianpisciunicalf (muscle of the leg)
2Sicilianpiscifish
3LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Sicilian pisci →