Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fiskaz

This Proto-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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pisk-ó-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸis.kɑz/

Noun

*fiskaz m

1. fish

Inflection

Declension of *fiskaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*fiskaz	*fiskōz, *fiskōs
vocative	*fisk	*fiskōz, *fiskōs
accusative	*fiską	*fiskanz
genitive	*fiskas, *fiskis	*fiskǫ̂
dative	*fiskai	*fiskamaz
instrumental	*fiskō	*fiskamiz

Derived terms

• *fiskārijaz
• *fiskōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fisk
  • Old English: fisċ, fix, ᚠᛁᛋᚳ (fisc) — Runic
    • Middle English: fisch, fysshe, fysch, fish, fische, fis, fyshe, fissh, vish
      • English: fish (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: fish, fysch, fisch
      • Yola: wish
  • Old Frisian: fisk
    • North Frisian:

      Mooring: fasch

      Fering-Öömrang: fask

      Söl'ring: Fesk

      Halunder: fesk

    • Saterland Frisian: Fisk
    • West Frisian: fisk
  • Old Saxon: fisk, fisc, visk, visc
    • Middle Low German: visch, vis
      • Low German: Fisch
        • Dutch Low Saxon: visch
        • German Low German: Fisk, Fiss, Fisch, Fösch
      • Plautdietsch: Fesch
  • 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
    • Middle High German: visch, fisch, visc, vesc
      • Bavarian: Fiisch
        • Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch
        • Mòcheno: visch
      • Central Franconian: Fesch
        • Hunsrik: Fisch
        • Luxembourgish: Fësch
        • Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
      • German: Fisch
      • Rhine Franconian:
        • Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch
        • Pennsylvania German: Fisch
      • Vilamovian: fejś
      • Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)
• Old Norse: fiskr
  • Icelandic: fiskur
  • Faroese: fiskur
  • Norn: fisk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fisk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fisk
  • Elfdalian: fisk
  • Old Swedish: fisker, ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚽᚱ
    • Swedish: fisk
  • Old Danish: fisk
    • Danish: fisk
  • Old Gutnish: *fiskr
    • Gutnish: fisk
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fisks)
• Crimean Gothic: fisct