*fiskaz

Meanings

1. fish
2. From Proto-Indo-European *pisk-ó-s, though the origin of the root is uncertain, possibly from a substrate, as it is West Indo-European only. Other theories of its origin include: **peyḱsḱ- (‘something painted, spotted), from *piḱ-sḱé-ti, from *peyḱ- (‘to paint, mark, color’); **peytsḱ- (‘ nourishing, food’), from *pit-sḱé-ti, from *péyh₂tu (‘something fattening, nourishing’); *peysḱ- (‘something winged, finned’); and *peysḱ- (‘something soft-tissued’). Cognates are Irish iasc, Latin piscis, both meaning ‘fish’ (de Vaan 2008; Kroonen 2013; Mallory & Adams 1997; Pokorny 1959; Seebold 1970; Torp, et al. 1909).

Declension

Descendants

• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisc, visc (Old Dutch)
    • visch, visc, vis, vesch, fisch, fisc (Middle Dutch)
      • visj, vèsj (Limburgish)
      • vissch (West Flemish)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisc, visc (Old Dutch)
    • visch, visc, vis, vesch, fisch, fisc (Middle Dutch)
      • vis, visch (Dutch)
        • vis (Afrikaans)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisċ, fix, ᚠᛁᛋᚳ (fisc) (Old English)
    • fisch, fysshe, fysch, fish, fische, fis, fyshe, fissh, vish (Middle English)
      • fish (English)
      • fish, fysch, fisch (Scots)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk (Old Frisian)
    • Fisk (Saterland Frisian)
    • fisk (West Frisian)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk, fisc (Old High German)
    • visch, fisch, visc, vesc (Middle High German)
      • Fiisch (Bavarian)
      • Fisch (German)
      • פֿיש (fish) (Yiddish)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk, fisc (Old High German)
    • visch, fisch, visc, vesc (Middle High German)
      • Fesch (Central Franconian)
        • Fesch (Kölsch)
        • Fësch (Luxembourgish)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk, fisc (Old High German)
    • visch, fisch, visc, vesc (Middle High German)
      • Fusch, Fisch (Palatine German)
      • Fisch (Pennsylvania German)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk, fisc, visk, visc (Old Saxon)
    • visch, vis (Middle Low German)
      • Fesch (Plautdietsch)
• *fisk (Proto-West Germanic)
  • fisk, fisc, visk, visc (Old Saxon)
    • visch, vis (Middle Low German)
      • Fisch (Low German)
        • visch (Dutch Low Saxon)
        • Fisk, Fiss, Fisch, Fösch (Low German)
• fiskr (Old Norse)
  • fiskur (Faroese)
  • fiskur (Icelandic)
  • fisk (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • fisk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
• fiskr (Old Norse)
  • fisk (Old Danish)
    • fisk (Danish)
• fiskr (Old Norse)
  • fisker, ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚽᚱ (Old Swedish)
    • fisk (Swedish)
• 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks) (Gothic)
• fisct/fisch (Crimean Gothic)

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