Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “vischer” come from?

vischer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fiskar, from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Ancestry of “vischer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfiskar—
2Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “vischer”

  • vissersring
  • vissersschip
  • visser
  • vissersboot
  • vissersdorp
  • visserschip
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