siļķe
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