Where does “tonfiskare” come from?

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

tonfiskare (Swedish): tuna fisherman

Definitions

  1. tuna fisherman

Ancestry of “tonfiskare”, step by step

tonfiskare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tonfisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtonfisktuna (as fish and food)
2Swedishfiskfish
3Old Swedishfiskerfish
4Old Norsefiskra fish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-

via Swedish fiskare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfiskarea fisherman, a fisher
2Old Norsefiskarifisherman
3Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
Every word from Indo-European *peysk-