Where does “fiskakøka” come from?

fiskakøka (Faroese) comes from Faroese fiskur, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fiskakøka (Faroese): kind of baked fish pudding

Definitions

  1. kind of baked fish pudding

Ancestry of “fiskakøka”, step by step

fiskakøka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese fiskur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesefiskurfish
2Old Norsefiskra fish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

via Faroese køka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesekøkacake
2Old Norsekakacake
3Proto-Germanickakǭcake
4Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →