þorskr

Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

þorskr m

1. cod

Declension

  Declension of þorskr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þorskr	þorskrinn	þorskar	þorskarnir
accusative	þorsk	þorskinn	þorska	þorskana
dative	þorski	þorskinum	þorskum	þorskunum
genitive	þorsks	þorsksins	þorska	þorskanna

Derived terms

• þyrsklingr m (“codling”)

Descendants

• Danish: torsk
• English: torsk
• Faroese: toskur
• Icelandic: þorskur
• Irish: trosc
• Middle Dutch: dorsch
• Middle Low German: dorsch
  • Middle High German: dorsch
    • German: Dorsch
      • Polish: dorsz
• 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.