Where does “Feschlung” come from?

Feschlung (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-.

Feschlung (Plautdietsch): gill

Definitions

  1. gill

Ancestry of “Feschlung”, step by step

Feschlung 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 Lung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschLunglung
2Middle Low Germanlunge—
3Old Saxonlunga—
4Proto-Germaniclungôlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →