Where does “vissterfte” come from?

vissterfte (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-.

vissterfte (Dutch): mass death of fish; fish mortality

Definitions

  1. mass death of fish; fish mortality

Ancestry of “vissterfte”, step by step

vissterfte 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 sterfte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsterftedeath, dying; mortality; mass death
2Middle Dutchsterfte—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →