Where does “silakkafilee” come from?
silakkafilee (Finnish) comes from Finnish silakka, from Swedish sillake, from Swedish lake, from Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca, from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits.
silakkafilee (Finnish): herring fillet, fillet of herring, Baltic herring fillet
Definitions
- herring fillet, fillet of herring, Baltic herring fillet
Ancestry of “silakkafilee”, step by step
silakkafilee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silakka | Baltic herring, "Clupea harengus membras"; A... |
| 2 | Swedish | sillake | — |
| 3 | Swedish | lake | brine; burbot |
| 4 | Middle Low German | lāke | water pooled in a riverbed; standing water; brine |
| 5 | Old Saxon | laca | lake, stream, brook |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | laku | stream; pool, lake |
| 7 | Finnish | lakritsi | licorice, liquorice |
| 8 | Swedish | lakrits | licorice/liquorice |
| 9 | Late Latin | liquiritia | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύρριζα | licorice |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύς | sweet |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | *dlukús | — |
via Finnish filee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | filee | fillet; tenderloin or sirloin |
| 2 | French | filet | trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke) |
| 3 | Middle French | filet | — |
| 4 | Old French | filet | strip, thread, ligament or filament |
| 5 | Old French | fil | son; thread |
| 6 | Latin | fīlius | a son |
| 7 | Old Latin | fīlios | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁y-li-os | sucker |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |