Where does “fiskmat” come from?

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

fiskmat (Swedish): fish food (food for or eaten by fish)

Definitions

  1. fish food (food for or eaten by fish)

Ancestry of “fiskmat”, step by step

fiskmat 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 mat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmatfood
2Old Norsematrfood
3Proto-Germanicmatizfood
4Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
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