siļķe
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish or Old Norse síl / síld.[1] Cognate to Lithuanian silkė.
Noun[edit]
siļķe f
- herring (fish)
Derived terms[edit]
- matjessiļķe (“immature herring”)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- M. Sosāre and I. Birzvalka, Latvian-English, English-Latvian Dictionary (1993, →ISBN
- Latvian-English Dictionary, volume 2 (2008, →ISBN
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress