þorskr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

þoskr

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

þorskr m

cod

Declension[edit]

Declension of þorskr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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[edit]

þyrsklingr m (“codling”)

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: þorskur
Faroese: toskur
Norwegian Nynorsk: torsk, tosk
Old Swedish: þorsker
- Swedish: torsk
  - → English: torsk
Old Danish: thorsk
- Danish: torsk, tosk
  - Norwegian Bokmål: torsk, tosk
→ Middle Dutch: dorsch
- Dutch: dors
→ Middle Low German: dorsch
- German Low German: Dorsk
- → Middle High German: dorsch
  - German: Dorsch
    - → Polish: dorsz
→ 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.

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