Where does “Fisch” come from?

Fisch (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Fisch (Pennsylvania German): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “Fisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvischfish
2Old High Germanfiskfish
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →