Where does “Hochseefischerei” come from?
Hochseefischerei (German) comes from German Fischerei, from German fisch, from Yiddish פֿיש, from English Fish, from Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic fiskōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
Hochseefischerei (German): distant-water fishing, fisheries on the high seas, ocean fisheries
Definitions
- distant-water fishing, fisheries on the high seas, ocean fisheries
Ancestry of “Hochseefischerei”, step by step
Hochseefischerei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fischerei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fischerei | A fishery; A commercial fishing operation or... |
| 2 | German | fisch | fish cold-blooded vertebrates living in water |
| 3 | Yiddish | פֿיש | fish |
| 4 | English | Fish | The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces |
| 5 | Old English | fiscian | to fish |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fiskōn | to fish, to catch fish |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fiskōną | to fish, to catch fish |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |