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