Where does “tørrfisk” come from?

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

tørrfisk (Norwegian Nynorsk): 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 Nynorsk fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfiska fish
2Old Norsefiskra fish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

via Norwegian Nynorsk tørr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsktørrdry
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 →
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