Where does “fiskiskapur” come from?

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

fiskiskapur (Faroese): fishing, fishery, fisheries

Definitions

  1. fishing, fishery, fisheries

Ancestry of “fiskiskapur”, step by step

fiskiskapur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese fiskur

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

via Faroese skapur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskapur—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →