Where does “schuttersvis” come from?

schuttersvis (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-.

schuttersvis (Dutch): archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish

Definitions

  1. archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish

Ancestry of “schuttersvis”, step by step

schuttersvis 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 Schutter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSchutterSagittarius
2Middle Dutchschutter—
3Middle Dutchscutteshooter
4Old Dutchscutto—
5Proto-Germanicskutjô—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →