skoczeń

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Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From skoczyć +‎ -eń, literally jumper, as salmon can jump upstream.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /skɔt͡ʃʲɛ(ː)ɲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /skɔt͡ʃʲɛɲ/, /skɔt͡ʃʲeɲ/

Noun[edit]

skoczeń m animacy unattested

  1. salmon (Salmo salar)
    Synonym: łosoś
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 1439:
      Skoczen salmo
      [Skoczeń salmo]

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