higrän

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From hi (“den”) +‎ grän, gren (“spruce”). The first meaning is literal, the second appearing as a mis-calque of Swedish idegran, where ide- is interpreted as ide (“den”), but is actually id (“yew”), from Old Norse ýr (“yew”) with a collective suffix.

Noun

higrän f

  1. spruce with branches reaching down to the ground
  2. yew
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