Where does “haringa” come from?

haringa (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Tagalog hari, from Old Javanese haji — king.

haringa (Serbo-Croatian): herring

Definitions

  1. herring

Ancestry of “haringa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghariking
2Old Javanesehajiking
Every word from Old Javanese haji →Every word from Tagalog hari →
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