fischer
Middle English
/ˈfiʃər(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A fisher person who fishes, usually for a living
- A retailer or seller of fish or seafood.
- (religion) A proselytiser; one who promotes a religion.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fisċere (fisher) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (fisher) affix from Middle English fisch.
Origin
Middle English
fisch
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- electrofisher English
- fish English
- fisher English
- fisherboy English
- fisheress English
- fisherfolk English
- fisherman English
- fisherperson English
- fisherwoman English
- flyfisher English
- kingfisher English
- rodfisher English
- spearfisher English
- *fiskārijaz Proto-Germanic
- fiscere Old English
- fisċ Old English
- fisċere Old English
- fisch Middle English
- garfysche Middle English
- hound fysch Middle English
- fiskari Old Norse
- fiscari Old High German
- Fëscher Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *fiskar Old Dutch