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Old Polish
Etymology
From skoczyć + -eń, literally “jumper”, as salmon can jump upstream.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /skɔt͡ʃʲɛ(ː)ɲ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /skɔt͡ʃʲɛɲ/, /skɔt͡ʃʲeɲ/
Noun
skoczeń m animacy unattested
- salmon (Salmo salar)
- Synonym: łosoś
1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 1439:Skoczen salmo- [Skoczeń salmo]
Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “skoczeń”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN