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siika.

common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus), or any of its subspecies

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsiːkɑ/[ˈs̠iːkɑ̝]
  1. common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus), or any of its subspecies

  2. Any fish in the genus Coregonus (usually with the exception of muikku, Coregonus albula).

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *siika, of unknown further origin, but related words are found in Germanic (Swedish sik), Baltic (Latvian sīga) and Slavic (Russian сиг (sig)); the word has been variously thought to originate from any one of those three and might ultimately be from a substrate.

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