Where does “egelvis” come from?

egelvis (Dutch) 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-.

egelvis (Dutch): porcupinefish, any fish of the "Diodontidae"

Definitions

  1. porcupinefish, any fish of the "Diodontidae"

Ancestry of “egelvis”, step by step

egelvis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vis

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

via Dutch egel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchegelhedgehog
2Middle Dutcheghel—
3Old Dutchigilhedgehog
4Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →