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Where does “þorskr” come from?

þorskr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

þorskr (Old Norse): cod

Definitions

  1. cod

Ancestry of “þorskr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurskazcod
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “þorskr”

  • cusk
  • torsk
  • torsk
  • tosk
  • torsk
  • tosk
  • torsk
  • torsk
  • trosc
  • þorskur
  • toskur
  • toskaveiða
  • þorsker
  • trosc
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →