Where does “Fesk” come from?

Fesk (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Fesk (North Frisian): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “Fesk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfisk—
2Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →