þorskr
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Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun[edit]
þorskr m
Declension[edit]
Declension of þorskr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- þyrsklingr m (“codling”)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: þorskur
- Faroese: toskur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torsk, tosk
- Old Swedish: þorsker
- Old Danish: thorsk
- → Middle Dutch: dorsch
- Dutch: dors
- → Middle Low German: dorsch
- → Scottish Gaelic: trosg
- → Irish: trosc
- → Welsh: torsg
References[edit]
- þurka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.