Where does “tongvis” come from?

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

tongvis (Afrikaans): sole fish

Definitions

  1. sole fish

Ancestry of “tongvis”, step by step

tongvis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans vis

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

via Afrikaans tong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanstongtongue
2Dutchtongtongue; A kind of flatfish, the common sole,...
3Middle Dutchtongetongue; speech, language
4Old Dutchtungatongue
5Proto-West Germanictungātongue; speech, language
6Proto-Germanictungǭtongue; speech, language
7Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Indo-European *peysk-