Where does “fiskehandel” come from?

fiskehandel (Danish) comes from Danish fisk, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fiskehandel (Danish): fishmonger's

Definitions

  1. fishmonger's

Ancestry of “fiskehandel”, step by step

fiskehandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfiskfish; Pisces; Go Fish
2Old Norsefiskra fish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

via Danish handel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhandelcommerce, trading; trade
2Low GermanHandel—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →