Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “fisker” come from?

fisker (Danish) comes from Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic fiskārijaz, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fisker (Danish): fisherman, angler; present of fiske

Definitions

  1. fisherman, angler; present of fiske

Ancestry of “fisker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefiskarifisherman
2Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “fisker”

  • Fisker
  • fiskerbåd
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →