þorskr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

þorskr m

cod

Declension

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

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.

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