Where does “longvis” come from?

longvis (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-.

longvis (Dutch): A lungfish, fish of the subclass Dipnoi

Definitions

  1. A lungfish, fish of the subclass Dipnoi

Ancestry of “longvis”, step by step

longvis 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 long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlonglung
2Middle Dutchlonge—
3Old Dutchlungan—
4Proto-Germaniclunganjōlung
5Proto-Germaniclungôlung
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
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