visch

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Noun

visch m

1. fish

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

visch

1. Obsolete spelling of vis.

Usage notes

• The spelling visch was deprecated in 1934 in the Marchant spelling reform.

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German visch, from Old Saxon fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Noun

visch

1. fish

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• visc, vis, vesch, fisch, fisc

Etymology

From Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vis(x)/

Noun

visch m

1. fish

Inflection

Declension of visch

	Singular	Plural
nominative	visch	vische
accusative	visch	vische
genitive	visches	vische
dative	vische	vischen

Derived terms

• visschen

Descendants

• Dutch: vis
  • 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

Further reading

• “visc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “visch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• fisch, visc, vesc

Etymology

From Old High German fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /vis̠x/, (classical) /viʃ/, (both also) /f-/

Noun

visch m (genitive singular visches, plural vische)

1. fish

Derived terms

• vischære

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with German Fisch, English fish.

Pronunciation

• (Roveda, Palù del Fersina) IPA^(key): /vʉ̞ʃ/
• (Fierozzo) IPA^(key): /viʃ/

Noun

visch m

1. fish