Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“to dry; wither; thirst”) +‎ *-ḱos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθurs.kɑz/

Noun

*þurskaz m

(North Germanic) cod

Inflection

Declension of *þurskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þurskaz	þurskōz, þurskōs
vocative	*þursk	þurskōz, þurskōs
accusative	*þurską	*þurskanz
genitive	þurskas, þurskis	*þurskǫ̂
dative	*þurskai	*þurskamaz
instrumental	*þurskō	*þurskamiz

Descendants

Old Norse: þorskr, þoskr
- 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
→ Proto-Finnic: *turska
- Estonian: tursk
- Finnish: turska
- Livonian: tūrska