Where does “thorsk” come from?
thorsk (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
Ancestry of “thorsk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þorskr | cod |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þurskaz | cod |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |