Where does “fiskeørn” come from?

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

fiskeørn (Norwegian Bokmål): an osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Definitions

  1. an osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Ancestry of “fiskeørn”, step by step

fiskeørn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfiska fish; imperative of fiske
2Old Norsefiskra fish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

via Norwegian Bokmål ørn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålørnan eagle
2Old Norseǫrneagle
3Proto-Germanicarôeagle
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →