Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fiskārī

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 *fiskārijaz. Equivalent to *fisk +‎ *-ārī.

Noun

*fiskārī m

1. fisherman

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fiskārī
Genitive	*fiskārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fiskārī	*fiskārijō, *fiskārijōs
Accusative	*fiskārī	*fiskārijā
Genitive	*fiskārijas	*fiskārijō
Dative	*fiskārijē	*fiskārijum
Instrumental	*fiskāriju	*fiskārijum

Descendants

• Old English: fisċere
  • Middle English: fischer, fischare
    • English: fisher
    • Scots: fisher
• Old Frisian: fisker
  • Saterland Frisian: Fisker
  • West Frisian: fisker
• Old Saxon: fiskari
  • Middle Low German: viscer, visser
    • German Low German: Fisker, Fisser
    • Plautdietsch: Fescha
• Old Dutch: *fiscari
  • Middle Dutch: visscher
    • Dutch: visser
      • Afrikaans: visser
    • Limburgish: vèsser
• Old High German: fiscari
  • Middle High German: vischære, vischer
    • German: Fischer
    • Luxembourgish: Fëscher
    • Yiddish: פֿישער (fisher)