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Fisk.

A surname originating as an occupation or transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old Norse].

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Meaning & usage

name/fɪsk/
  1. A surname originating as an occupation or transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old Norse].

  2. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Adair County, Iowa.

  3. A place in the United States: A minor city in Butler County, Missouri.

  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

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