Where does “Waulfesch” come from?

Waulfesch (Plautdietsch) comes from German Walfisch, from West Frisian walfisk, from West Frisian fisk, from Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

Waulfesch (Plautdietsch): whale

Definitions

  1. whale

Ancestry of “Waulfesch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWalfischwhale
2West Frisianwalfiskwhale
3West Frisianfiskfish
4Old Frisianfisk—
5Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
6Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
7Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →
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