salskrake

Swedish

Etymology

The element sal is possibly from Icelandic or Norwegian, meaning "bleak" or "dirty". The second component is skrake (“merganser”).

Noun

salskrake c

  1. a smew (a bird, Mergus albellus)

Declension

Declension of salskrake
nominative genitive
singular indefinite salskrake salskrakes
definite salskraken salskrakens
plural indefinite salskrakar salskrakars
definite salskrakarna salskrakarnas

References

  • salskrake in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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