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Corsican
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)
- (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
Noun
pesciu m (plural pesci)
- 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