Where does “Zanderfilet” come from?

Zanderfilet (German) comes from German Filet, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os — to suckle, nurse.

Zanderfilet (German): pike-perch fillet

Definitions

  1. pike-perch fillet

Ancestry of “Zanderfilet”, step by step

Zanderfilet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Filet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFiletfillet
2Frenchfilettrickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
3Middle Frenchfilet
4Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
5Old Frenchfilson; thread
6Latinfīliusa son
7Old Latinfīlios
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via German Zander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZanderzander
2Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъzander; any fish of the genus Sander
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-