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

Definitions

  1. fish finger, fish stick

Ancestry of “visstick”, step by step

visstick 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 stick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsticka hockey stick
2EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
3Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
4Old Englishsticcastick
5Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →