öring
Swedish
Etymology
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.
Declension
Declension of öring | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | öring | öringen | öringar | öringarna |
Genitive | örings | öringens | öringars | öringarnas |
Derived terms
- blanköring
- bäcköring
- havsöring
- insjööring
- laxöring
- regnbågsöring
- Siljansöring
References
- öring in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- öring in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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