Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish rölika, from Middle Low German roleke, rolik, diminutive of *role (roll; rolled shape) (referring to the shape of the leaves).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrœlɛka/, /ˈrœlˌɛka/

Noun edit

rölleka c

  1. common yarrow
  2. any herb of the genus Achillea

Declension edit

Declension of rölleka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rölleka röllekan röllekor röllekorna
Genitive röllekas röllekans röllekors röllekornas

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. ^ rölleka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)