Where does “fiskiveiða” come from?

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

fiskiveiða (Faroese): fishing, fishery

Definitions

  1. fishing, fishery

Ancestry of “fiskiveiða”, step by step

fiskiveiða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese fiskur

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

via Faroese veiða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseveiðahunting; yield from hunting; to hunt
2Old Norseveiðato catch, hunt
3Proto-Germanicwaiþijanąto hunt, pursue; to graze, feed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →
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