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Where does “stokvis” come from?
stokvis (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch stokvis, from Middle Dutch stocvisch.
Ancestry of “stokvis”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Dutch
stokvis
stockfish
2
Middle Dutch
stocvisch
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Words derived from “stokvis”
stockfish
stokvis
stockfishmonger
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