Where does “tosk” come from?
tosk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål torsk, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
tosk (Norwegian Bokmål): a fool; an idiot
Ancestry of “tosk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | torsk | a cod |
| 2 | Old Norse | þorskr | cod |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þurskaz | cod |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |