Where does “vis” come from?

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

vis (Afrikaans): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “vis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vis”

Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →