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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

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