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Where does “fisk” come from?

fisk (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fisk (Swedish): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “fisk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fisk”

  • fiskmås
  • guldfisk
  • fiskgjuse
  • fiskmånglare
  • bläckfisk
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