siika
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus), or any of its subspecies.
- Any fish in the genus Coregonus with the exception of muikku (Coregonus albula)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *siika.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*siika
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- järvi Finnish
- järvisiika Finnish
- peledsiika Finnish
- silli Finnish
- sillisiika Finnish
- suola Finnish
- suolasiika Finnish
- пелядь Russian
- сиг Russian
- sik Swedish
- սիգ Armenian
- rags Latvian
- sīks Latvian
- *siika Proto-Finnic
- sih Slovak
- siker Old Swedish
- Sīkrõg Livonian