ryssja

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”)

• IPA^(key): /²rʏɧːa/

ryssja c

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

One of very few words where the /ɧ/ sound is spelled ⟨ssj⟩. The other three are hyssja, hässja and ässja.

• ålryssja

• ryss (etymology 2)
• ryssjefiske
• ryssjfiske

• fiskfälla (“fish trap”)
• mjärde
• tina

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