The story
- Norwegian · borrowed fromberggalt“a labrid fish”
- English todaybergall
From Norwegian berggalt (“a labrid fish”), equivalent to berg (“mountain, hill; rock”) + galte (“boar”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bergall
Today it means: Tautogolabrus adspersus, a wrasse native to the western Atlantic, inhabiting inshore waters near the sea floor at depths of 10–128 metres (33–420 feet) and at latitudes of 36°–49° north, and reaching up to 38 centimetres (15 inches) in total length and up to 1 kilogram (2·2 pounds) in weight. Full definition →
Norwegian berggalt