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Where does “פֿישער” come from?

פֿישער (Yiddish) comes from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

פֿישער (Yiddish): fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisherman

Ancestry of “פֿישער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
2Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
3Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →