ramslauk
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom 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) and Irish creamh.
Noun
editramslauk m (definite singular ramslauken, indefinite plural ramslaukar, definite plural ramslaukane)
- ramsons, Allium ursinum
- Synonym: bjørnelauk