Where does “Feschhendla” come from?

Feschhendla (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fesch, from Middle Low German visch, from Old Saxon fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Feschhendla (Plautdietsch): fishmonger

Definitions

  1. fishmonger

Ancestry of “Feschhendla”, step by step

Feschhendla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Fesch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFeschfish
2Middle Low Germanvischfish
3Old Saxonfiskfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—

via Plautdietsch Hendla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHendlatrader, seller
2Plautdietsch-a—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →