Where does “eafisc” come from?

eafisc (Old English) comes from Old English ēa, from Proto-West Germanic ahu, from Proto-Germanic ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

eafisc (Old English): a river-dwelling fish

Definitions

  1. a river-dwelling fish

Ancestry of “eafisc”, step by step

eafisc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ēa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishēaflowing water, stream, river; water; river,...
2Proto-West Germanicahuriver
3Proto-Germanicahwōwater; stream, river
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old English fisċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfisċfish
2Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ahu →