| Remarks |
'Red-throated', i.e., 'red' from Germanic 'rauthaz' (German 'rot', Dutch 'rood', Swedish 'röd' and Danish 'rød') from Latin 'ruber, russus, rufus', from Greek 'eruthrós', i.e., red color from Indo-European 'reudh-' (p. 435 in Ref. 11979); 'throat' (in fish would refer to the area between the lower jaw and the pectoral fins) from Middle English 'strouten', i.e., bulge, swell, from Old English 'thrutian, strut-', i.e., swell, from prehistoric Germanic 'thrut-', i.e., swollen part - an allusion to the bulge of the Adam's apple (p. 529 in Ref. 11979) ; 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). Most anglers consider this fish of inferior sporting quality, it is a hard fighter and strikes a wide selection of lures (p. 182 in Ref. 1998). |