Where does “Feschhoaken” come from?

Feschhoaken (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-.

Feschhoaken (Plautdietsch): fishhook

Definitions

  1. fishhook

Ancestry of “Feschhoaken”, step by step

Feschhoaken 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 Hoaken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoakenhook
2Middle Low Germanhāke—
3Old Saxonhako—
4Proto-West Germanic*hakō—
5Proto-Germanichakôhook
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →