Where does “fiskehandler” come from?

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

fiskehandler (Norwegian Bokmål): a fishmonger

Definitions

  1. a fishmonger

Ancestry of “fiskehandler”, step by step

fiskehandler 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 handler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhandlerindefinite plural of handel; present tense of...
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →