sik
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- The common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, cisco
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish siker derived from Finnish siika (whitefish).
Origin
Finnish
siika
Gloss
whitefish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- järvisiika Finnish
- peledsiika Finnish
- siika Finnish
- sillisiika Finnish
- suolasiika Finnish
- *siika Proto-Finnic
- siker Old Swedish