fisch

See also: Fisch

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fysshe, fysch, fish, fische, fis, fyshe, fissh, vish
• fissk (Ormulum)

Etymology

From Old English fisċ; in turn from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

The development of a suffixless plural is due to analogy with other nouns denoting animals such as schep and swyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʃ/

Noun

fisch (plural fisches or fisch)

1. An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of such; marine life; e.g. alligators, fish, beavers, etc.
2. Fish or their meat.

Derived terms

• fischer
• fisshen
• garfysche
• hound fysch

Descendants

• English: fish (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: fish, fysch, fisch
• Yola: wish

References

• “fish, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.