Where does “sjøørret” come from?
sjøørret (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ørret, from Danish ørred, from Old Norse aurriði, from Old Norse -riði, from Proto-Germanic *ridjô, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
sjøørret (Norwegian Bokmål): sea trout
Ancestry of “sjøørret”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ørret | trout |
| 2 | Danish | ørred | trout |
| 3 | Old Norse | aurriði | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -riði | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ridjô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “sjøørret”