Where does “fask” come from?

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

fask (North Frisian): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “fask”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fask”

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