Where does “fishmongering” come from?
fishmongering (English) comes from English fishmonger, from English fish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.
fishmongering (English): The trade of a fishmonger, selling fish
Definitions
- The trade of a fishmonger, selling fish
Ancestry of “fishmongering”, step by step
fishmongering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fishmonger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fishmonger | A person who sells fish; A fishmonger's, a... |
| 2 | English | fish | A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in... |
| 3 | Middle English | fisch | An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of... |
| 4 | Old English | fisċ | fish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 7 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |