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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

visch m (plural visschen, diminutive vischje n)

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

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	visch	vische
accusative	visch	vische
genitive	vischs	vische
dative	vische	vischen

Derived terms

• visschen

Descendants

• 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

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): (before 13^th CE) /ˈviʃ/, /ˈfiʃ/

Noun

visch m (genitive singular visches, plural vische)

1. fish

Declension

Declension of visch (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	visch	diu	visch
genitive	eines	dës	visches	dër	vische
dative	eime	dëm	vische	dën	vischen
accusative	ein	daȥ	visch	diu	visch

Derived terms

• vischære

Descendants

• Bavarian: Fiisch
  • Cimbrian: viss, biss, visch
  • Mòcheno: visch
• Central Franconian: Fesch
  • Hunsrik: Fisch
  • Luxembourgish: Fësch
  • Transylvanian Saxon: Fäsch
• German: Fisch
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch
  • Pennsylvania German: Fisch
• Vilamovian: fejś
• Yiddish: פֿיש (fish)

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