Where does “rakfisk” come from?
rakfisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fisk, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.
rakfisk (Norwegian Bokmål): rakfisk
Ancestry of “rakfisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fisk | a fish; imperative of fiske |
| 2 | Old Norse | fiskr | a fish |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 4 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
Words derived from “rakfisk”