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