þorskr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þoskr

Etymology

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

• 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
• → Middle Irish: trosc
  • Scottish Gaelic: trosg
  • Irish: trosc
• → Welsh: torsg

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þorskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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