Etymology

fisk

F4I1S1K5

Today it means: To run about; to fist; to whisk. Full definition →

Middle English fisken ← Old English *fȳscian
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fisk · verb1

  1. Old English · inherited from*fȳscian
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfisken
  3. English todayfisk

From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

fisk · verb2

Back-formation from fisking.

Fisk · proper noun3

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fiskaz
  2. Old Norse · derived fromfiskr
  3. English todayFisk

English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

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