Where does “lutefisk” come from?

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

lutefisk (Norwegian Bokmål): lutefisk dried cod etc. soaked in lye

Definitions

  1. lutefisk dried cod etc. soaked in lye

Ancestry of “lutefisk”, step by step

lutefisk 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 lut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållutlye
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →