pesciu

Corsican

Alternative forms

• pisciu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pisce(m) (with a change in the final vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Portuguese peixe and Italian pesce.

Noun

pesciu m (plural pesce)

1. (zoology, ichthyology) fish

References

• “pesciu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Sassarese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin piscis, pisce(m) (with a change in the final vowel), from Proto-Italic *piskis, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-i-s, from the root *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʃʃu/

Noun

pesciu m (plural pesci)

1. fish

References

• Ugo Solinas (2016) “pèsciu”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 925
• Giosue Muzzo (1981) “pèsciu”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 143