ramslök

Swedish

Etymology

rams +‎ lök. The first part is from Middle Low German ramese (“ramson”), from Old Saxon *hramuso, from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk and Danish ramsløg. 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

ramslök c

1. ramsons, Allium ursinum

Declension

Declension of ramslök

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ramslök	ramslöks
	definite	ramslöken	ramslökens
plural	indefinite	ramslökar	ramslökars
	definite	ramslökarna	ramslökarnas

References

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