taimen.
brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Meaning & usage
brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *taimën, an extension of Proto-Finnic *taimi (“trout, salmon”). Cognates include Karelian taimen and Estonian taim. Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ), Latvian taimiņš and dialectal Swedish tajmenlax are borrowed from Finnic. Similar-sounding words include taima (“ceiling joist”) or taimi (“sapling”), but they are not likely related.
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