Where does “visquotum” come from?

visquotum (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-.

visquotum (Dutch): fishing quotum/quota

Definitions

  1. fishing quotum/quota

Ancestry of “visquotum”, step by step

visquotum 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 quotum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchquotumquota, quotum
2Latinquotumnominative neuter singular of quotus; accusative...
3Latinquotuswhich? (in numerical sequence); what number?
4Latinquothow many; as many
5Proto-Italic*kʷot
Every word from Indo-European *peysk-