Where does “fiskmås” come from?

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

fiskmås (Swedish): common gull

Definitions

  1. common gull

Ancestry of “fiskmås”, step by step

fiskmås 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 mås

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmåsany of several species of smaller gulls
2Old Norsemási—
3Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
4Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →