Where does “vis” come from?

vis (Zealandic) comes from Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic fisk, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

vis (Zealandic): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “vis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvischfish
2Old Dutchfiscfish
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →