Where does “viswijf” come from?

viswijf (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-.

viswijf (Dutch): fishwife, female fishmonger; scold

Definitions

  1. fishwife, female fishmonger; scold

Ancestry of “viswijf”, step by step

viswijf 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 wijf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwijfwoman, potentially being as pejorative as bitch;...
2Middle Dutchwijfwoman; wife, married woman
3Old Dutchwīfwoman
4Proto-Germanicwībąwoman; wife
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰwíh₂bʰ-shame, pudenda
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →