See also: silke, Silke, silkė, and šilke

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

siļķe f

  1. herring (fish)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • M. Sosāre and I. Birzvalka, Latvian-English, English-Latvian Dictionary (1993, →ISBN
  • Latvian-English Dictionary, volume 2 (2008, →ISBN
  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress