vis
Afrikaans
/fəs/
noun
Definitions
- fish aquatic organism
- (collective) fish multiple fish collectively
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vis (fish) inherited from Middle Dutch visch inherited from Old Dutch fisc inherited from *fisk inherited from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (fish) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (fish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pisḱ-
Gloss
fish
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
魚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fishkill English
- piscis Latin
- piscīna Latin
- Zuidervis Dutch, Flemish
- anemoonvis Dutch, Flemish
- aprilvis Dutch, Flemish
- bakvis Dutch, Flemish
- bruinvis Dutch, Flemish
- clownvis Dutch, Flemish
- droogvis Dutch, Flemish
- egelvis Dutch, Flemish
- goudvis Dutch, Flemish
- inktvis Dutch, Flemish
- klimvis Dutch, Flemish
- klipvis Dutch, Flemish
- kogelvis Dutch, Flemish
- kookvis Dutch, Flemish
- kraakbeenvis Dutch, Flemish
- lipvis Dutch, Flemish
- lompvis Dutch, Flemish
- longvis Dutch, Flemish
- maanvis Dutch, Flemish
- platvis Dutch, Flemish
- potvis Dutch, Flemish
- riemvis Dutch, Flemish
- roofvis Dutch, Flemish
- schelvis Dutch, Flemish
- schuttersvis Dutch, Flemish
- sonarvis Dutch, Flemish
- standvis Dutch, Flemish
- stokvis Dutch, Flemish
- tong Dutch, Flemish
- trekvis Dutch, Flemish
- vinvis Dutch, Flemish
- vis Dutch, Flemish
- visarend Dutch, Flemish
- visbestand Dutch, Flemish
- visboer Dutch, Flemish
- visgraat Dutch, Flemish
- visgrom Dutch, Flemish
- viskraam Dutch, Flemish
- viskweek Dutch, Flemish
- vislijm Dutch, Flemish
- visluis Dutch, Flemish
- vispopulatie Dutch, Flemish
- visquotum Dutch, Flemish
- visrijk Dutch, Flemish
- vissen Dutch, Flemish
- visser Dutch, Flemish
- vissluis Dutch, Flemish
- vissoep Dutch, Flemish
- visstand Dutch, Flemish
- vissterfte Dutch, Flemish
- visstick Dutch, Flemish
- visvervanger Dutch, Flemish
- visvijver Dutch, Flemish
- viswijf Dutch, Flemish
- walvis Dutch, Flemish
- zaagvis Dutch, Flemish
- zeevis Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatervis Dutch, Flemish
- zoutwatervis Dutch, Flemish
- zwaardvis Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *peysḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pisḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *fiskaz Proto-Germanic
- fisc Old English
- fisċ Old English
- fisk(j)a, fiska Old Norse
- fiskr Old Norse
- visch Middle Dutch
- visschen Middle Dutch
- fisc Old High German
- fisk Old High German
- tong Afrikaans
- tongvis Afrikaans
- visser Afrikaans
- 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *fisk gmw-pro
- fisc Old Dutch
- *ɸēskos Proto-Celtic
- fisk Old Saxon
- fisk Old Frisian
- Fesch Plautdietsch
- vis Zealandic
- fisct Crimean Gothic