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Where does “fischer” come from?

fischer (Middle English) comes from Old English fisċere, from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fischer (Middle English): A fisher; A retailer or seller of fish or...

Definitions

  1. A fisher; A retailer or seller of fish or...

Ancestry of “fischer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fischer”

  • Fisher
  • fisherman
  • fisher
  • kingfisher
  • fisherfolk
  • Fisherian
  • fisherwoman
  • flyfisher
  • flyfisherman
  • fisherboy
  • fisherperson
  • sportfisherman
  • spearfisherman
  • rodfisher
  • kingy
  • shellfisherman
  • electrofisher
  • spearfisher
  • kingfisherlike
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