Where does “visch” come from?

visch (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

visch (Middle Low German): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “visch”, step by step

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

Words derived from “visch”

Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →