Where does “Feschei” come from?

Feschei (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Ei, from Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs — ice, frost.

Feschei (Plautdietsch): caviar

Definitions

  1. caviar

Ancestry of “Feschei”, step by step

Feschei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschEiegg
2Middle Low Germanei
3Old Saxoneiegg
4Proto-West Germanicaijegg
5EnglishiceWater in frozen form; Any frozen volatile...
6Middle Englishisice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy...
7Old Englishīsice
8Proto-West Germanicīsice
9Proto-Germanicīsąice
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

via Plautdietsch Fesch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFeschfish
2Middle Low Germanvischfish
3Old Saxonfiskfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH-Every word from Proto-Germanic īsąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic īs