Common name | ajkula |
Language | Serbian |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Serbia 688 |
Locality | |
Ref. | |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | The word is nowhere on the coast (of Montenegro and Croatia) vernacular except maybe in Boka Bay [Vinja 1986, I- ref. 52807]. ETYM: Connected to, and probably directly borrowed from Russian àêóëà [akula]. The explanation of -j- with contamination with German Hai(fish) is hypothetical. The Russian word is of Germanic origin, the same one as German Hai. |