vallmo

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish *valmoghe, from Old Norse *valmogi, comprised of: First part vall- is of uncertain origin; Kroonen interprets the compound to mean "lily of the valley," thus connecting Latin vallis. Pokorny instead suggests Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”) (compare the Nordic name Valbjørn). Or, possibly instead from the root of English welk, German welken (“to wither, decay”) (compare Proto-Germanic *wulkną). The second part is from *mogi, from Proto-Germanic *mōhô (“poppy”). Cognate with Danish valmue; also German Mohn, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian мак). === Noun === vallmo c poppy ==== Declension ==== === References === “vallmo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vallmo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vallmo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)