lisko.
lizard; newt
Meaning & usage
lizard; newt
any reptile in the suborder Lacertilia
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from sisilisko (“common lizard”), perhaps influenced by basilisko (variant of basiliski (“basilisk”)) also seemingly ending in the same 'formant'. First attested in A. J. Mela's Fauna Fennica (1872).
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