Where does “fiskur” come from?

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

fiskur (Faroese): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “fiskur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fiskur”

Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →