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. Pokorny instead suggests Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”) (compare the Nordic name Valbjørn). 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

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of vallmo

		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)