þorskr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === þoskr === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). === Noun === þorskr m cod ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þyrsklingr m (“codling”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þorskur Faroese: toskur Norwegian Nynorsk: torsk, tosk Old Swedish: þorsker Swedish: torsk → English: torsk→ Welsh: torsg 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 === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þorskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the Internet Archive