Where does “swaardvis” come from?

swaardvis (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch Zwaardvis, from Dutch vis, from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

swaardvis (Afrikaans): swordfish

Definitions

  1. swordfish

Ancestry of “swaardvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZwaardvisDorado
2Dutchvisfish
3Middle Dutchvischfish
4Old Dutchfiscfish
5Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
6Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
7Indo-European*peysk-
Every word from Indo-European *peysk-
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