Where does “fiskgjuse” come from?

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

fiskgjuse (Swedish): osprey

Definitions

  1. osprey

Ancestry of “fiskgjuse”, step by step

fiskgjuse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfiskfish
2Old Swedishfiskerfish
3Old Norsefiskra fish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—

via Swedish gjuse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgjuse—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →