SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

forell.

brown trout (Salmo trutta)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

brown trout (Salmo trutta)
common-gender

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Forelle, from Proto-Germanic *furhnō. The fish is spotted, hence the name. Compare Sanskrit पृषत् (pṛṣat, “spotted”), Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós), πέρκη (pérkē).

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