Etymology

hákarl

Today it means: An Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell. Full definition →

Icelandic hákar ← Old Norse hákarl ← Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ)
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The story

  1. Old Norsehár
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*karaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*karilaz
  5. Proto-Norseᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ)
  6. Old Norsekarl
  7. Old Norsehákarl
  8. Icelandichákar
  9. English todayhákarl

Borrowed from Icelandic hákarl (“shark”).

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