Where does “pisciuni” come from?

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

pisciuni (Sicilian): calf (muscle of the leg)

Definitions

  1. calf (muscle of the leg)

Ancestry of “pisciuni”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pisciuni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Sicilian pisci →