Where does “visgraat” come from?

visgraat (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-.

visgraat (Dutch): fishbone; herringbone pattern

Definitions

  1. fishbone; herringbone pattern

Ancestry of “visgraat”, step by step

visgraat 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 graat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgraatfishbone
2Middle Dutchgraet—
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →