visser
Afrikaans
/ˈfə.sər/
noun
Definitions
- A fisher, a fisherman or fisherwoman.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish visser (fisher, fisherman) inherited from Middle Dutch vischer inherited from Old Dutch *fiskar inherited from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (fisher) suf from Afrikaans vis.
Origin
Afrikaans
vis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vissers Dutch, Flemish
- magneetvisser Dutch, Flemish
- parelvisser Dutch, Flemish
- vis Dutch, Flemish
- vissen Dutch, Flemish
- visser Dutch, Flemish
- visserij Dutch, Flemish
- vissersboot Dutch, Flemish
- vissersdorp Dutch, Flemish
- vissersring Dutch, Flemish
- vissersschip Dutch, Flemish
- *fiskārijaz Proto-Germanic
- fiscere Old English
- fisċere Old English
- fiskari Old Norse
- vischer Middle Dutch
- fiscari Old High German
- tongvis Afrikaans
- vis Afrikaans
- Fëscher Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *fiskar Old Dutch