abboryngel

Norwegian Bokmål

Seining yellow perch fry from a rearing pond in Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, Yankton, South Dakota, USA.

Etymology

abbor +‎ yngel, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre (“perch”). Last part from the verb yngle (“create, procreate, grow”), from the adjective ung (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“Hoffman's suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔrʏŋəl/
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Rhymes: -ʏŋəl
Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧yng‧el

Noun

abboryngel m (definite singular abboryngelen, indefinite plural abboryngel, definite plural abborynglene)

a fry of perch (young perch fishlings)
- 2001 February 7, Nordlys, page 39:
  nyutklekket abboryngel
  newly hatched perch fry

References

“abboryngel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).