silkė
See also: silke, Silke, šilke, and siļķe
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Swedish or Old Norse síl / síld[1][2]. Cognate to Latvian siļķe.
Noun
silkė f
- herring (fish)
- rūkyta silkė — red herring, smoked herring
References
- Lithuanian-English, English-Lithuanian Dictionary and Phrasebook, Jurgita Baltrušaitytė
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сельдь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475