Where does “fischln” come from?

fischln (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian Fisch, from Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fischln (Bavarian): to smell fishy

Definitions

  1. to smell fishy

Ancestry of “fischln”, step by step

fischln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Fisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianFischfish
2Middle High Germanvischfish
3Old High Germanfiskfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—

via Bavarian ln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavarianln—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →