elritsa

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elritze. From a word cognate with German Erle (“alder”). The reason for the name is that the fish likes to stay between the roots of the alders.

Noun

elritsa c

  1. common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
    Synonym: kvidd

Declension

Declension of elritsa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite elritsa elritsas
definite elritsan elritsans
plural indefinite elritsor elritsors
definite elritsorna elritsornas

References

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