Common name | Common minnow |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Russian Federation |
Locality | |
Ref. | Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | mod. for abundance |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'minnow', Middle English 'menawe'; akin to Old English 'myne', i.e., 'minnow', Old High German 'munewa', i.e., a kind of fish (Ref. 27888) |