Where does “silakkabocka” come from?
silakkabocka (Ingrian) comes from Swedish bocka, from Irish púca, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer — "low-pitch humming noise".
silakkabocka (Ingrian): barrel of saltfish
Definitions
- barrel of saltfish
Ancestry of “silakkabocka”, step by step
silakkabocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bocka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bocka | to bend; to bow |
| 2 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 3 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 4 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 5 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 6 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 7 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 8 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 10 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
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 | — |