"marsvin" meaning in Swedish

See marsvin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Old Swedish marsvin (“porpoise”), from Middle Low German mersvīn and German Meerschwein, from Old High German meriswīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną; equivalent too Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig”). First attested in 1538. Guinea pig sense borrowed from German Meerschweinchen, compound of Meer (“[over]sea”) + Schwein (“pig”) + -chen (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|marsvin||porpoise|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Swedish marsvin (“porpoise”), {{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|marsvin||porpoise}} Inherited from Old Swedish marsvin (“porpoise”), {{der|sv|gml|mersvīn}} Middle Low German mersvīn, {{der|sv|de|Meerschwein}} German Meerschwein, {{der|sv|goh|meriswīn}} Old High German meriswīn, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*mariswīn}} Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*mariswīną}} Proto-Germanic *mariswīną, {{com|de|Meer|Schwein||nocat=1|t1=sea|t2=pig}} Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig”), {{etydate/the|1538}} 1538, {{ref|marsvin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)|name=SAOB}}, {{etydate|1538|ref=marsvin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)|refn=SAOB}} First attested in 1538, {{bor+|sv|de|Meerschweinchen|nocap=1}} borrowed from German Meerschweinchen, {{glossary|compound}} compound, {{com+|de|Meer|Schwein|-chen|nocap=1|nocat=1|pos3=diminutive suffix|t1=􂀿over􂁀sea|t2=pig}} compound of Meer (“[over]sea”) + Schwein (“pig”) + -chen (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} marsvin n, {{sv-noun|n}} marsvin n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], marsvin [indefinite, nominative, singular], marsvins [genitive, indefinite, singular], marsvinet [definite, nominative, singular], marsvinets [definite, genitive, singular], marsvin [indefinite, nominative, plural], marsvins [genitive, indefinite, plural], marsvinen [definite, nominative, plural], marsvinens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. guinea pig (rodent) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-marsvin-sv-noun-CpG7zvvN
  2. (archaic) a porpoise, a mereswine (small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae) Tags: archaic, neuter Synonyms: tumlare
    Sense id: en-marsvin-sv-noun-QFSPYbLc Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 8 37 37 3 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 7 36 36 2 16 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: försökskanin (english: guinea pig (test subject))

Inflected forms

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