öring
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish øridh, from Old Norse aurriði, from aurr (“sandbank”) (from Proto-Germanic *auraz) + a descendant of Proto-Norse [script needed] (*-ræið-, “travel”), a more broad form of rīþa (“ride”) (from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną). -ridh has transformed into the common suffix -ing in modern Swedish, a modern analysis of the etymology would thus be ör + -ing. The reason for the name is that the trout, like other salmonids, during the lek mating period seeks banks of sand and gravel with weak currents to form a pit in which it can drill its head. Cognate with Icelandic urriði, Danish ørred, Norwegian Bokmål ørret, aure and Norwegian Nynorsk aure.
Noun
[edit]öring c
- brown trout (fish)
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | öring | örings |
definite | öringen | öringens | |
plural | indefinite | öringar | öringars |
definite | öringarna | öringarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- öring in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- öring in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)