Where does “Schellfisch” come from?

Schellfisch (German) comes from Middle Low German schellevisch, from Middle Low German visch, from Old Saxon fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Schellfisch (German): haddock

Definitions

  1. haddock

Ancestry of “Schellfisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschellevisch—
2Middle Low Germanvischfish
3Old Saxonfiskfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →