Where does “visstick” come from?
visstick (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-.
visstick (Dutch): fish finger, fish stick
Ancestry of “visstick”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vis | fish |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | visch | fish |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fisc | fish |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 6 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |