Where does “vinvis” come from?

vinvis (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-.

vinvis (Dutch): Any cetacean of the family Balaenopteridae,...

Definitions

  1. Any cetacean of the family Balaenopteridae,...

Ancestry of “vinvis”, step by step

vinvis 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 vin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvinfin
2Middle Dutchvinne—
3Old Dutchfinnafin
4Proto-Germanicfinnōflipper; fin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pīn-backbone, dorsal fin; backbone; dorsal fin
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →