köken: The source is unknown. Presumably of particularly ancient origin, which may have allowed for derivations from the roots ح ي و (ḥ y w) “living” or ح و ي (ḥ w y) “writhing; containing”—derivations unworkable with transmitted Arabic grammar. However the Northwest Semitic noun-forming suffix -ūt added to Aramaic 𐤇𐤅𐤄 (ḥwh, absolute state) / 𐡇𐡅𐡉𐡄 (ḥwyh) / חויא (ḥiwyā) / ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā, “snake”), a…
köken: Etymology tree the BMAC substratebor.? Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas Proto-Iranian *mácyah Middle Persian [script needed] (mʾhyk' /māhīg/) Persian ماهی Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mʾhyk' /māhīg/), from Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas, possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia), Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya).
köken: From Proto-Turkic *bālïk. Cognate with Kazakh балық (balyq), Southern Altai балык (balïk), Crimean Tatar balıq, Kumyk балыкъ (balıq), Azerbaijani balıq, Turkish balık, Turkmen balyk, Uzbek baliq, Khakas палых (palıx), Shor палық, Western Yugur palïq, paluq, etc.
to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod · to fish for information or some reaction
çekim: geçmiş hengelden · ortaç gehengeld · şimdiki hengelt · ulaç hengelend
köken: From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) + -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”).
köken: First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 姑記 (Yale: *kwoki), which already defines it as meaning both 肉 (“meat”) and 魚 (“fish”). In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 고기〮 (Yale: kwòkí). See also Jeju 궤기 (gwegi).
aile: 까마귀 고기를 먹었나, 물 만난 고기, 개고기, 거위고기, 고기구이, 날고기, 닭고기, 돼지고기, 물고기, 불고기
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, “auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent”). First attested as Old Hindi दलाल (dalāla).
fish (aquatic animal) · fish (meat of the aforementioned aquatic animals) · fishing (as a personal activity, used with the verbs olla (“to be”) and mennä (“to go”), lähteä (“to leave”), and käydä (“to go and come back”))
çekim: çoğul kalat · tamlayan kalan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kala (compare Estonian kala), from Proto-Uralic *kala (compare Northern Sami guolli, Erzya кал (kal), Eastern Mari кол (kol), Hungarian hal, Tundra Nenets халя (xalya)).
köken: From Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Northern Khanty хўԓ (hŭł), Northern Mansi хӯл (hūl), Erzya and Moksha кал (kal), Finnish and Estonian kala.
Inherited from Latin piscem, apparently a blend of the singular and plural forms. ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Italian pesce, Spanish pez, peje and Portuguese peixe.