Where does “tørrfisk” come from?

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

tørrfisk (Norwegian Bokmål): dried fish, stockfish

Definitions

  1. dried fish, stockfish

Ancestry of “tørrfisk”, step by step

tørrfisk 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 tørr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltørrdry
2Old Norseþurrdry
3Proto-Germanicþursuzdry, lacking water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →