siļķe

See also: silke, Silke, silkė, and šilke

Latvian

Etymology

From Swedish or Old Norse síl / síld.[1] Cognate to Lithuanian silkė.

Noun

siļķe f

  1. herring (fish)

Derived terms
  • matjessiļķe (“immature herring”)

References
  • M. Sosāre and ‎I. Birzvalka, Latvian-English, English-Latvian Dictionary (1993, →ISBN
  • Latvian-English Dictionary, volume 2 (2008, →ISBN
  1. Vasmer, Max (1972), “сельдь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 3, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 597
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