Where does “mæcefisc” come from?

mæcefisc (Old English) comes from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

mæcefisc (Old English): mullet fish

Definitions

  1. mullet fish

Ancestry of “mæcefisc”, step by step

mæcefisc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fisċ

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

via Old English mǣċe

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