Where does “pejesapo” come from?

pejesapo (Spanish) comes from Spanish peje, from Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European pisḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

pejesapo (Spanish): a species of clingfish, Sicyases sanguineus

Definitions

  1. a species of clingfish, Sicyases sanguineus

Ancestry of “pejesapo”, step by step

pejesapo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish peje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpejefish
2Latinpiscisa fish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpisḱ-fish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

via Spanish sapo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsapotoad; a very curious person; a voyeur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pisḱ- →Every word from Latin piscis →