ramslauk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Cognate with Swedish ramslök 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), Welsh craf and Irish creamh.

Noun

ramslauk m (definite singular ramslauken, indefinite plural ramslaukar, definite plural ramslaukane)

1. ramsons, Allium ursinum

   Synonym: bjørnelauk