Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fisk

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

Noun

*fisk m

fish

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fisk
Genitive	*fiskas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fisk	fiskō, fiskōs
Accusative	*fisk	*fiskā
Genitive	*fiskas	*fiskō
Dative	*fiskē	*fiskum
Instrumental	*fisku	*fiskum

Derived terms

Descendants

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
  - 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
    - Kölsch: Fesch
    - Luxembourgish: Fësch
    - Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
  - German: Fisch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch
    - Pennsylvania German: Fisch
  - Vilamovian: fejś
  - Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)