Where does “lodde” come from?

lodde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German lōden.

lodde (Norwegian Bokmål): capelin, Mallotus villosus

Definitions

  1. capelin, Mallotus villosus

Ancestry of “lodde”, step by step

lodde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German lōden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlōden

via Old Norse loðna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseloðna
Every word from Middle Low German lōden