vallmo
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish *valmoghe, from Old Norse *valmogi, comprised of:
- First part vall- is of uncertain origin; Kroonen interprets the compound to mean "lily of the valley," thus connecting Latin vallis.[1] Pokorny instead suggests Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”) (compare the Nordic name Valbjørn).[2] Or, possibly instead from the root of English welk, German welken (“to wither, decay”) (compare Proto-Germanic *wulkną).
- The second part is from *mogi, from Proto-Germanic *mōhô (“poppy”).
Cognate with Danish valmue; also German Mohn, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian мак).
Noun
vallmo c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vallmo | vallmos |
| definite | vallmon | vallmons | |
| plural | indefinite | vallmor | vallmors |
| definite | vallmorna | vallmornas |
References
- vallmo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vallmo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vallmo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “mohan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “655-57”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 655-57