Where does “fiskur” come from?
fiskur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.
fiskur (Faroese): fish
Ancestry of “fiskur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fiskr | a fish |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 3 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
Words derived from “fiskur”