Danell, Kjell
- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
In his Fauna svecica (1761), Carl Linnaeus mentions several dialect names for pinegrosbeak, Pinicola enucleator. However, only for one of them is the provenance stated,namely nattvaka (‘night vigil’), i.e. Västerbotten (which before 1810 covered bothVästerbotten and Norrbotten). Th e word is unknown among today’s dialect speakers,and for local ornithologists the name makes no sense. It is sparsely recorded in dialectlists, and it could have been infl uenced by earlier literature. Th e form vaka (‘vigil’) isfound from some places in northern Sweden. Among Swedish-speakers in Finland,however, the word is recorded, especially from Ostrobothnia. Whether it has been adialect word in northern Sweden is, however, still unclear, but discussed.
Published in
Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift
2020, number: 2020, pages: 81-90
Title: Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift 2020
Publisher: Svenska Linnésällskapet
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Ethnology
Ecology
Fish and Wildlife Management
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