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Where does “fisch” come from?

fisch (Middle English) comes from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fisch (Middle English): An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...

Definitions

  1. An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...

Ancestry of “fisch”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fisch”

  • fish
  • cat
  • fishing
  • cats
  • Fish
  • fishery
  • kitten
  • catfish
  • goldfish
  • jellyfish
  • zebrafish
  • starfish
  • phishing
  • catwalk
  • codfish
  • sunfish
  • fishmonger
  • copycat
  • whitefish
  • catlike
  • bonefish
  • catnip
  • catty
  • dogfish
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