Where does “ørret” come from?

ørret (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish ørred, from Old Norse aurriði, from Old Norse -riði, from Proto-Germanic *ridjô, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ørret (Norwegian Bokmål): trout

Definitions

  1. trout

Ancestry of “ørret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishørredtrout
2Old Norseaurriði—
3Old Norse-riðirider
4Proto-Germanic*ridjôrider
5Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “ørret”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną →