Where does “siker” come from?

siker (Old Swedish) comes from Finnish siika, from Proto-Finnic siika — common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus).

Ancestry of “siker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiikacommon whitefish, lavaret, or any of its subspecies
2Proto-Finnicsiikacommon whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus)

Words derived from “siker”

Every word from Proto-Finnic siika →