| Language | Lexeme | Native script | Phonetic | Phonemic | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Catalan | peix | peʃ | peʃ | ||
| 110 | Danish | fisk | ˈfesɡ | |||
| 116 | Dutch | vis | vɪs | Removed VISCH as not in dictionary - archaic? | ||
| 112 | English | fish | fɪʃ | Old English fisc | ||
| 104 | Faroese | fiskur | ˈfɪskʊɹ | |||
| 117 | Flemish | visch | ||||
| 136 | French | poisson | pwasɔ̃ | pwasɔ̃ | ||
| 114 | Frisian | fisk | fɪsk | |||
| 122 | German | Fisch | ˈfɪʃ | ˈfɪʃ | ||
| 103 | Icelandic | fiskur | ˈfɪskʏr | Replaced FISKR. | ||
| 161 | Gaelic: Irish | iasc | ˈiəsˠkˠ | ˈiəsˠkˠ | ||
| 129 | Italian | pesce | ˈpeʃʃe | ˈpeʃʃe | ||
| 131 | Ladin | pesc | ˈpɛʃ | |||
| 144 | Portuguese | peixe | ˈpɐiʃɨ | ˈpɐiʃɨ | ||
| 105 | Norwegian: Bokmål | fisk | fɪsk | fɪsk | ||
| 134 | Sardinian: Logudoro | piske | ˈpiske | ˈpiske | ||
| 133 | Sardinian: Nuoro | pisce | ˈpiʃɛ | ˈpiʃɛ | ||
| 143 | Spanish | pez | peθ | peθ | ||
| 109 | Swedish | fisk | fisk | |||
| 137 | Walloon | pèhon | pɛˈhõ | pɛˈhõ | ||
| 159 | Gaelic: Scottish | iasg | iəsɡ | |||
| 124 | Latin | piscis | ˈpiskis | ˈpiskis | gen. piscis | |
| 121 | Luxembourgish | Fësch | fəʃ | fəʃ | ||
| 130 | Friulian | pes | ˈpɛs | ˈpɛs | Deriv. pesson. | |
| 158 | Old Irish | íasc | ˈiasˠkˠ | ˈiask | ||
| 160 | Gaelic: Manx | eeast | jiəs(t) | jiəs(t) | iasc | |
| 107 | Elfdalian | fisk | fɪsk | fɪsk | ||
| 108 | Old Swedish | fisker | ˈfisker | fisker | ||
| 125 | Romanian | pește | ˈpeʃte | ˈpeʃte | ||
| 127 | Dalmatian: Vegliote | pask | pisk | |||
| 128 | Neapolitan | pesce | ˈpeʃʃə | ˈpeʃʃə | ||
| 135 | Anglo-Norman | pessun | ||||
| 139 | Franco-Provençal | peusson | pø̞ˈsõ | pøˈsõ | masculine noun | |
| 142 | Old Spanish | pez | pedz | |||
| 123 | German: Bernese | Fisch | fɪʃ | fɪʃ | ||
| 138 | Old Occitan | peissoun | ||||
| 126 | Megleno-Romanian | peaști | ||||
| 140 | Old Catalan | peix | peʃ | peʃ | ||
| 119 | Old High German | fisk | fisk | fisk | ||
| 113 | Old Frisian | fisk | fisk | fisk | ||
| 120 | Middle High German | visch | fiʃ | fiʃ | ||
| 111 | Old English | fisc | fiʃ | fiʃ | ||
| 118 | Old Saxon | fisk | fisk | fisk | ||
| 115 | Middle Dutch | visch | visx | visx | ||
| 102 | Old Icelandic | fiskr | fiskr | fiskr | ||
| 101 | Gothic | fisks | 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 | fisks | fisks | |
| 106 | Norwegian: Nynorsk | fisk | fɪsk | fɪsk | ||
| 145 | Portuguese: Brazilian | peixe | ||||
| 132 | Milanese | pès | pɛs |
S.v. Proto-Germanic *fiska- 'fish' < PIE *pisk-o- (cf. Lat. piscis < *pisk-i-, OIr. íasc < *peisk-o-).
S.v. Proto-Celtic *fēsko- 'fish' < PIE pei̯(k̑)sk̑o-.
S.v. *peisk-, *pisk- 'Fisch'. In the general meaning 'fish' the word is a Western Indo-European isogloss shared between Celtic, Italic, and Germanic. The word may also be found in Slavic designating specific species of fish ('loach, 'gudgeon'), e.g. Pol. piskorz 'Peißker', Russ. пискаръ 'Gründling'.
S.v. Lat. piscis 'fish' < Proto-Italic *piski- 'fish', an i-stem derivative of PIE *pisk- 'fish' (cf. OIr. íasc < *peisko-, Goth. fisks, OHG fisk < *pisko-).
