Where does “visbestand” come from?

visbestand (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-.

visbestand (Dutch): fish stock, fish population

Definitions

  1. fish stock, fish population

Ancestry of “visbestand”, step by step

visbestand 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 bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbestandarchive, file; file; truce
2Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
3Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
4Germanbe—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →