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ryssja.

a fyke net, a fyke (type of fishing trap)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²rʏɧːa/
  1. a fyke net, a fyke (type of fishing trap)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish (i.e. a loanword before 1541), originally from a Celtic word, from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”). Cognate with French ruche (“beehive”) and German Reuse (“fish-trap”), as well as Danish ruse (“fish trap”) and Norwegian Bokmål ruse (“fish trap”)

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