sarv

From Proto-Finnic *sarvi (compare Finnish sarvi), from the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *śarwe as Hungarian szarv.

sarv (genitive sarve, partitive sarve)

1. horn

Related to dialectal Norwegian svarva (“go around in circles”).

sarv c

1. the fish common rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus
   • 1914, August Strindberg, Konsten att meta‎:

     Betet består av medelstor mört eller sarv, av vilken man hugger av stjärten.

     As bait is used roach or rudd with their tails chopped off.

From Northern Sami sarvvis, from Proto-Samic *servēs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas, possibly via Finnic. Compare Finnish hirvas.

sarv c

1. male reindeer
   • 2003, Dagens Industri: Ge renägare incitament att minska trafikdöden‎:

     ...renägaren ersätts med 1 495 kronor för kalv, 1 957 för sarv och för vaja 3 073 kronor för upphittade renar.

     ...the owner of the reindeer is compensated with 1,495 SEK for a calf, 1,957 for a bull and 3,073 for a cow for any reindeer found.

• rentjur c

• vaja c

• ren c

• härk c

• sarv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sarv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• arvs, svar, vars

From Proto-Finnic *sarvi.

sarv

1. horn
2. antler