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Old English fisc, from Pre Germanic. fiskaz (Old High German fisc, Old Norse fiskar, Dutch visk, Germanic Fisch, Gothian fisks), from Proto Indo European piskos ((?)Latinate piscis) Very vague dating, due to overlapping sourcing and creditation, best bet: prehistorian.

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