þorskr
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
[edit]þorskr m
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- þyrsklingr m (“codling”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: þorskur
- Faroese: toskur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torsk, tosk
- Old Swedish: þorsker
- Old Danish: thorsk
- → Middle Dutch: dorsch
- Dutch: dors
- → Middle Low German: dorsch
- → Middle Irish: trosc
- → Welsh: torsg
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þorskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the Internet Archive