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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

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