Where does “jellievis” come from?

jellievis (Afrikaans) comes from English jellyfish, from English Fish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk — fish.

jellievis (Afrikaans): jellyfish

Definitions

  1. jellyfish

Ancestry of “jellievis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjellyfishAn almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of...
2EnglishFishThe constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces
3Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
4Old Englishfisċfish
5Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →