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”)

See also

• reņģe f
• strimala f

References

• 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