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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
abbor + bråte, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Last part from Old Norse broti, derived from brjóta (“to break (open), destroy, break”), from Proto-Germanic *breutaną (“to destroy, crush, break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈabːɔrbroːtə/
- Rhymes: -oːtə
- Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧brå‧te
Noun
abborbråte m (definite singular abborbråten, indefinite plural abborbråter, definite plural abborbråtene)
- (dialectal) a collection of twigs, branches or small trees sunk in the water to attract perch fish
1913, Amund Helland, Topografisk-statistisk beskrivelse over Kristians amt I, page 391:der sættes, naar vandet var lavt, de saakaldte vaser eller abborbraater af nogle granbusker, til hvilke fisken gaar hen, naar vandet vokser- when the water was low, the so-called vases or perch braids of some spruce bushes, to which the fish go when the water grows, are set
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