Where does “fisk” come from?

fisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fisk (Norwegian Bokmål): a fish; imperative of fiske

Definitions

  1. a fish; imperative of fiske

Ancestry of “fisk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fisk”

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