Joao:
>Is there any attempt to explain why Latin has piscis (<*piski-),
>Celtic *eiscos (<peisko-) and Germanic fiskaz (<*pisko-) ?
>An athematic root *pisk- ?
Personally, I'm not totally sure but I would presume that the
forms are all based on a common adjectival root *peisk-
and that it was used to make a descriptive noun. Does *peisk-
mean "spotted"? I can't remember - it's in the recesses of my
mind and I can't relinquish it from the cobwebs.
- gLeN
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