Where does “fish” come from?
Fish comes from Old English fisc, from Proto-Germanic fiskōną, from Proto-Indo-European pisḱ-, cognate with Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- and Ancient Greek δῆμος.
fish (English): A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in...
Definitions
- A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in...
Ancestry of “fish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fisch | An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of... |
| 2 | Old English | fisċ | fish |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 5 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
Words derived from “fish”