Where does “hobelfask” come from?

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

hobelfask (North Frisian): frog

Definitions

  1. frog

Ancestry of “hobelfask”, step by step

hobelfask traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via North Frisian fask

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Frisianfaskfish
2Old Frisianfisk—
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—

via North Frisian hobel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Frisianhobel—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →