Where does “fishseller” come from?

fishseller (English) comes from English fish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fishseller (English): A person who sells fish

Definitions

  1. A person who sells fish

Ancestry of “fishseller”, step by step

fishseller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfishA cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in...
2Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
3Old Englishfisċfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—

via English seller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsellerSomeone who sells; a vendor; a clerk; Something...
2Middle Englishseller—
3Old Englishsellere—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →
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