fisker
See also: Fisker
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Norwegian fisker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fisker c (singular definite fiskeren, plural indefinite fiskere)
Inflection edit
Declension of fisker
Etymology 2 edit
See fiske (“to fish”).
Verb edit
fisker
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fisker m
- indefinite plural of fisk
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), from both *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”), possibly from *peh₂- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) + and from *-ārijaz (“-er”).
Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Danish fisker.
Noun edit
fisker m (definite singular fiskeren, indefinite plural fiskere, definite plural fiskerne)
- a fisherman (both as an occupation and for leisure)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
fisker
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Noun edit
fisker m
Declension edit
Declension of fisker (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Swedish: fisk