elritsa

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elritze. From a word cognate with German Erle (“alder”). The reason for the name is that the fish likes to stay between the roots of the alders.

Noun

elritsa c

1. common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus

   Synonym: kvidd

Declension

Declension of elritsa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	elritsa	elritsan	elritsor	elritsorna
Genitive	elritsas	elritsans	elritsors	elritsornas

References

• elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• elritsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• elritsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)