Where does “walfisk” come from?

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

walfisk (West Frisian): whale

Definitions

  1. whale

Ancestry of “walfisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianfiskfish
2Old Frisianfisk—
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “walfisk”

Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →