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
Ancestry of “hobelfask”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | North Frisian | fask | fish |
| 2 | Old Frisian | fisk | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 5 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |