Where does “vis” come from?

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

vis (Dutch): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “vis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vis

Every word from Indo-European *peysk-
vis — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer