Where does “visscher” come from?

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

Ancestry of “visscher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfiskar—
2Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz →