ekorn

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛkːʊɳ] Rhymes: -ʊɳ === Noun === ekorn n (definite singular ekornet, indefinite plural ekorn or ekorner, definite plural ekorna or ekornene) a squirrel (rodent) ==== Declension ==== As of December 5th 2019, the Language Council of Norway rendered a masculine inflection of this noun obsolete. === References === “ekorn” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === ikorn === Etymology === From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-. First attested in 1646 spelled as Ejckoin in 1646 by Christen Jensøn from Askvoll, showing both palatalization (see ikønn) and a preserved diphthong (similar to his spelling of ekkje). The diphthong is also attested in 1770-s by Søren Richart Hagerup probably in Surnadal dialect. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛkːʊɳ/ (eastern dialects) === Noun === ekorn n (definite singular ekornet, indefinite plural ekorn, definite plural ekorna) a squirrel, a rodent of the subfamily Sciurinae Synonym: trebjørn a red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris === References === “ekorn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.