Where does “Feschnat” come from?

Feschnat (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-.

Feschnat (Plautdietsch): fishnet

Definitions

  1. fishnet

Ancestry of “Feschnat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFeschfish
2Middle Low Germanvischfish
3Old Saxonfiskfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →