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