agent noun of fischen · fisher, fisherman (male or of unspecified gender) · component part in various compound nouns, e.g. Amazonasfischer (“Amazon kingfisher”), Austernfischer (“oystercatcher”)
çekim: çoğul Fischern · tamlayan Fischers
eş: Berufsfischer, Fischwirt, Angler
köken: From Middle High German vischære, vischer, from Old High German fiscari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz.
köken: The spelling is likely from Middle Chinese compound 漁師 /渔师 (ngjo srij, literally “fishing + master”). Compare modern Mandarin 漁師 /渔师 (yúshī, “fisherman”). The expected reading would be gyoshi. The kan'yōyomi (irregular but customary reading) ryō for the character 漁 is from confusion with 猟, whose most common on reading is ryō and means hunting, as used in the homophonic term 猟(りょう)師(し) (ryōshi,…
köken: From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz, equivalent of fiska (“fish”) + -are (“-er”). Cognate with Norwegian fisker, Danish fisker.