ramsløg

Danish

Etymology

From rams +‎ løg (“leek, onion”), borrowed from Middle Low German ramese (“ramson”), from Old Saxon *hramuso, from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk and Swedish ramslök. Cognates amoung non-Scandinavian languages are Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Russian черемша (čeremša) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž, Serbo-Croatian сремуш, Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon) and Irish creamh.

Noun

ramsløg

  1. ramson

Declension

Declension of ramsløg
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ramsløg ramsløget ramsløg ramsløgene
genitive ramsløgs ramsløgets ramsløgs ramsløgenes
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