Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fiskazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fiskaz
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nounmasculinea-stemfishFrom 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).