Where does “pescări” come from?

pescări (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

pescări (Romanian): to fish

Definitions

  1. to fish

Ancestry of “pescări”, step by step

pescări traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian pescar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpescarfisher, fisherman
2Latinpiscariusof or pertaining to fish or fishing; fishmonger
3LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
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