Where does “visch” come from?

visch (Dutch Low Saxon) comes from Middle Low German visch, from Old Saxon fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

visch (Dutch Low Saxon): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “visch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvischfish
2Old Saxonfiskfish
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →