Where does “visfamilie” come from?
visfamilie (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-.
visfamilie (Afrikaans): fish family
Definitions
- fish family
Ancestry of “visfamilie”, step by step
visfamilie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans vis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | vis | fish |
| 2 | Dutch | vis | fish |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | visch | fish |
| 4 | Old Dutch | fisc | fish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 7 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
via Afrikaans familie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | familie | family |
| 2 | Dutch | familie | relatives; family |
| 3 | Latin | familia | family; household; A quantity of land adequate... |
| 4 | Latin | famulus | serving, servile; a servant, slave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | famelos | servile, domestic |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰh₁-m-eló- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |