abborgras

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abbor +‎ gras, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Last part from is an alternative form of gress (“grass”), from Old Norse gras (“grass, herbage; herb (with special powers)”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from the root of *grōaną (“to green, grow”) and *grōniz (“green”), from Pre-Germanic *groh₁-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔrɡrɑːs/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧gras

Noun

abborgras n (definite singular abborgraset, indefinite plural abborgras, definite plural abborgrasa or abborgrasene)

1. Alternative spelling of abborgress