herring
English
/ˈhɛɹɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
- Fish in the family Clupeidae.
- Fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hering inherited from Old English hǣring inherited from Proto-Germanic *hēringaz (herring), *hērą (hair).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hērą
Gloss
hair
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bone English
- herringbone English
- herringer English
- herringlike English
- Brathering German
- Hering German
- Heringsfischer German
- Zelthering German
- heringsähnlich German
- hering Hungarian
- haring Dutch, Flemish
- haringbuis Dutch, Flemish
- haringhaai Dutch, Flemish
- haringkoning Dutch, Flemish
- haringworm Dutch, Flemish
- hareng French
- harengère French
- *keres- Proto-Indo-European
- *hēringaz Proto-Germanic
- *hērą Proto-Germanic
- hær Old English
- hæring Old English
- hǣr Old English
- hǣring Old English
- hering Middle English
- hár Old Norse
- hareng Old French
- hârinc Middle Dutch
- har Old High German
- hār Old High German
- hāring Old High German
- ĥéren Norman
- hærinc Middle High German
- Hierk Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- heeringas Estonian
- *hāring Old Dutch
- har Old Dutch
- hār Old Dutch
- *hāring Frankish
- her Old Frisian
- hereng Old Frisian
- hēr Old Frisian
- hēring Old Frisian
- Hiering Saterland Frisian
- ængo Ligurian