Where does “pescaj” come from?

pescaj (Romanian) comes from Italian pescaggio, from Italian pescare, from Latin piscor, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pescaj (Romanian): draft

Definitions

  1. draft

Ancestry of “pescaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescaggiodraught; dredging; fishing
2Italianpescareto fish; to get; to draw
3LatinpiscorI fish
4LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
5Proto-Indo-European*peysk-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-