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Where does “Fësch” come from?

Fësch (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German fisc, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Fësch (Luxembourgish): fish; Pisces

Definitions

  1. fish; Pisces

Ancestry of “Fësch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfisc—
2Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “Fësch”

  • Meefësch
  • Laangfësch
  • Goldfësch
  • Laangfëschmudder
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →