Where does “Goldfësch” come from?

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

Goldfësch (Luxembourgish): goldfish

Definitions

  1. goldfish

Ancestry of “Goldfësch”, step by step

Goldfësch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Fësch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishFëschfish; Pisces
2Old High Germanfisc—
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—

via Luxembourgish Gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishGoldgold
2Middle High Germangolt—
3Old High Germangold—
4Proto-West Germanicgolþgold
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →