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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.
Noun
*fisk m
- fish
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*fisk
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Genitive
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*fiskas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*fisk
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*fiskō, *fiskōs
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Accusative
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*fisk
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*fiskā
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Genitive
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*fiskas
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*fiskō
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Dative
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*fiskē
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*fiskum
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Instrumental
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*fisku
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*fiskum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: fisċ, fix, ᚠᛁᛋᚳ (fisc) — Runic
- Old Frisian: fisk
- Old Saxon: fisk, fisc, visk, visc
- Old Dutch: fisc, visc
- Middle Dutch: visch, visc, vis, vesch, fisch, fisc
- Dutch: vis, visch (before 1934)
- Afrikaans: vis
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fesi
- Jersey Dutch: väśe
- Negerhollands: visch, vesch, fes, fis, vis
- → Virgin Islands Creole: fis (dated)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: fesi, fisse, fiche
- Petjo: fis
- →? Aukan: fisi
- Limburgish: visj, vèsj
- West Flemish: vissch
- Old High German: fisk, fisc