salskrake
Swedish
editEtymology
editThe first part sal possibly from Icelandic or Norwegian, meaning bleak or dirty. The second part is skrake, a kind of bird.
Noun
editsalskrake c
- a smew (a bird, Mergus albellus)
Declension
editDeclension of salskrake
References
edit- salskrake in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)