Where does “ålryssja” come from?
ålryssja (Swedish) comes from Swedish ål, from Old Swedish āl, from Old Norse ǫlr, from Proto-Germanic aluz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élis-, from Proto-Indo-European el- — to bend; red, brown; hungry.
ålryssja (Swedish): a fyke net for catching eels, an eel fyke net, an eel fyke
Definitions
- a fyke net for catching eels, an eel fyke net, an eel fyke
Ancestry of “ålryssja”, step by step
ålryssja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.