abboryngel

Norwegian Bokmål

Seining yellow perch fry from a rearing pond in Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, Yankton, South Dakota, USA.

Etymology

abbor +‎ yngel, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô.

Last part from the verb yngle (“create, procreate, grow”), from the adjective ung (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from both *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”) + and from *-Hō (“Hoffmann's suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔrʏŋəl/

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• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧yng‧el

Noun

abboryngel m (definite singular abboryngelen, indefinite plural abboryngel, definite plural abborynglene)

1. a fry of perch (young perch fishlings)
   • 2001 February 7, Nordlys, page 39:

     nyutklekket abboryngel

     newly hatched perch fry

References

• “abboryngel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).