Where does “toskur” come from?

toskur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

toskur (Faroese): cod, codfish

Definitions

  1. cod, codfish

Ancestry of “toskur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþorskrcod
2Proto-Germanicþurskazcod
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “toskur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurskaz →Every word from Old Norse þorskr →