köken: rams + lök. The first part is from Middle Low German ramese (“ramson”), from Old Saxon *hramuso, from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk and Danish ramsløg. Cognates amoung non-Scandinavian languages are Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Russian черемша (čeremša) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž, Serbo-Croatian сремуш, Ancient Greek…
köken: Uncertain. Possibly a substrate word, linked to Albanian hudhër (“garlic”), or from Ancient Greek *λεβυρήδης (*leburḗdēs) + suffix -idă, or linked to Latin lūridus.
köken: From rams + løg (“leek, onion”), borrowed from Middle Low German ramese (“ramson”), from Old Saxon *hramuso, from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk and Swedish ramslök. Cognates amoung non-Scandinavian languages are Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Russian черемша (čeremša) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž, Serbo-Croatian сремуш,…