nypon

• njupon (archaic)

From Old Swedish hiupon (possibly nominative plural), from Old Norse *hjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ.^[1] Compare Danish hyben, Norwegian nype, hjupa, Old Saxon hiopo, Old High German hiufo, dialectal German hiefen, hüfen, Old English héope and English hip. The initial n- is the product of metanalysis with a first element in a compound ending in -n, like stennypon (Cognate with Norwegian steinhjupa, originally sten + hjupon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnyːˌpɔn/

nypon n

1. rosehip (the fruit of a rose)

• Swedish train ticket collectors enter the wagon calling out for nypåstigna (new passengers), which is sometimes jokingly misheard for Nyponstigen (rosehip path, supposedly a street name).

• nypon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)