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

• elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• elritsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• elritsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)