þorskur

From Old Norse þorskr (“cod”) from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. Cognates include Danish torsk, English torsk, Faroese toskur, German Dorsch, Irish trosc, Middle Dutch dorsch, Middle Low German dorsch, Norwegian torsk, Scottish Gaelic trosg and Swedish: torsk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔr̥skʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɔr̥skʏr

þorskur m (genitive singular þorsks, nominative plural þorskar)

1. cod
2. a fool

   Synonym: auli

• þorskalýsi (“cod-liver oil”)
• þorskaætt (“cod family”)
• þorskfiskar (Gadiformes)
• þorskígildi (“cod equivalent”)
• pólarþorskur (arctic cod, Arctogadus glacialis)