fisch
See also: Fisch
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fysshe, fysch, fish, fische, fis, fyshe, fissh
Etymology
From Old English fisċ; in turn from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʃ/
Noun
fisch (plural fisches or fisch)
- An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of such; marine life; i.e. alligators, fish, beavers, etc.
- Fish or their meat.
Derived terms
- fischer
- fisshen
- garfysche
- hound fysch
Descendants
- English: fish
- Sranan Tongo: fisi
- → Chinook Jargon: pish
- → Finnish: fisu
- → Zulu: ufishi
- Scots: fish, fysch, fisch
- Yola: wish