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Where does “rodfisher” come from?

rodfisher (English) comes from English Fisher, from Middle English fischer, from Old English fisċere, from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

rodfisher (English): An angler who fishes with a rod

Definitions

  1. An angler who fishes with a rod

Ancestry of “rodfisher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFisher—
2Middle EnglishfischerA fisher; A retailer or seller of fish or...
3Old Englishfisċerefisher
4Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →