herring

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• /ˈhɛɹɪŋ/
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From Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring (“herring”), further etymology unknown. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”) + -ing, due to the similarity of their fine bones to hair. Cognate with Scots hering, haring (“herring”), Saterland Frisian Hiering, Häiring (“herring”), West Frisian hjerring (“herring”), Dutch haring (“herring”), German Low German Hereng, Hering (“herring”), German Hering (“herring”), Bavarian Haring (“herring”). Late Latin haringus (whence French hareng, etc.) is borrowed from Germanic.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: harengë — fish in Clupea
• Arabic: رنكة (rinka) — fish in Clupea
• Arabic: رنجة (ringa) — fish in Clupea
• Tunisian Arabic: رنڨة (rənga) — fish in Clupea
• Armenian: ծովատառեխ (covataṙex) — fish in Clupea
• Azerbaijani: siyənək — fish in Clupea
• Belarusian: селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc) — fish in Clupea
• Bulgarian: хе́ринга (héringa) — fish in Clupea
• Catalan: areng — fish in Clupea
• Chinese Cantonese: 希靈魚 /希灵鱼 — fish in Clupea
• Chinese Mandarin: 鯡魚 /鲱鱼 (fēiyú) — fish in Clupea
• Chukchi: нучунуч — fish in Clupea
• Chukchi: нучут — fish in Clupea
• Cornish: hernen wynn — fish in Clupea
• Czech: sleď — fish in Clupea
• Danish: sild — fish in Clupea
• Dutch: haring — fish in Clupea
• Esperanto: haringo — fish in Clupea
• Estonian: heeringas — fish in Clupea
• Faroese: sild — fish in Clupea
• Finnish: silli — fish in Clupea
• Finnish: silakka — fish in Clupea
• Finnish: haili — fish in Clupea
• French: hareng — fish in Clupea
• Saterland Frisian: Hiering — fish in Clupea
• West-Frisian: hjerring — fish in Clupea
• Galician: arengue — fish in Clupea
• Galician: arenga — fish in Clupea
• German: Hering — fish in Clupea
• Greek: ρέγγα (rénga) — fish in Clupea
• Greek: ρέγκα (régka) — fish in Clupea
• Greenlandic: ammassassuaq — fish in Clupea
• Hebrew: מָלִיחַ (malíaẖ) — fish in Clupea
• Hebrew: דג מלוח (dag malúaẖ) — fish in Clupea
• Hungarian: hering — fish in Clupea
• Icelandic: síld — fish in Clupea
• Ido: haringo — fish in Clupea
• Ingrian: haili — fish in Clupea
• Irish: scadán — fish in Clupea
• Italian: aringa — fish in Clupea
• Japanese: ニシン (nishin) — fish in Clupea
• Japanese: 鰊 (nishin) — fish in Clupea
• Kazakh: майшабақ (maişabaq) — fish in Clupea
• Korean: 청어 (cheong'eo) — fish in Clupea
• Latin: chalcis — fish in Clupea
• Latin: merlucius — fish in Clupea
• Latin: haringus — fish in Clupea
• Latin: allec — fish in Clupea
• Latvian: strimala — fish in Clupea
• Latvian: reņģe — fish in Clupea
• Latvian: siļķe — fish in Clupea
• Lithuanian: silkė — fish in Clupea
• Luxembourgish: Hierk — fish in Clupea
• Macedonian: харинга (haringa) — fish in Clupea
• Manx: skeddan — fish in Clupea
• Manx: ree ny marrey — fish in Clupea
• Māori: aua — fish in Clupea
• Nootka: ƛusmit — fish in Clupea
• Norman: héthan — fish in Clupea
• Norman: herreng — fish in Clupea
• Norman: ĥéren — fish in Clupea
• Norwegian Bokmål: sild — fish in Clupea
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sild — fish in Clupea
• Old Norse: síld — fish in Clupea
• Old Norse: síl — fish in Clupea
• Pannonian Rusyn: гаринґа (haringa) — fish in Clupea
• Persian: شاهماهی (šâh-mâhi) — fish in Clupea
• Polish: śledź — fish in Clupea
• Portuguese: arenque — fish in Clupea
• Romanian: hering — fish in Clupea
• Russian: сельдь (selʹdʹ) — fish in Clupea
• Russian: селёдка (seljódka) — fish in Clupea
• Northern Sami: sildi — fish in Clupea
• Scottish Gaelic: sgadan — fish in Clupea
• Serbo-Croatian: слеђ — fish in Clupea
• Serbo-Croatian: харинга — fish in Clupea
• Serbo-Croatian: sleđ — fish in Clupea
• Serbo-Croatian: haringa — fish in Clupea
• Slovak: sleď — fish in Clupea
• Slovene: sled — fish in Clupea
• Lower Sorbian: jerjeg — fish in Clupea
• Lower Sorbian: jerježk — fish in Clupea
• Upper Sorbian: jerij — fish in Clupea
• Upper Sorbian: harjenk — fish in Clupea
• Southern Altai: кызык (kïzïk) — fish in Clupea
• Spanish: arenque — fish in Clupea
• Sudovian: sīlecke — fish in Clupea
• Swedish: sill — fish in Clupea
• Swedish: strömming — fish in Clupea
• Turkish: ringa — fish in Clupea
• Turkmen: takgaz — fish in Clupea
• Ukrainian: оселе́дець (oselédecʹ) — fish in Clupea
• Venetan: renga — fish in Clupea
• Vietnamese: cá trích — fish in Clupea
• Volapük: rün — fish in Clupea
• Volapük: hareng — fish in Clupea
• Walloon: herin — fish in Clupea
• Walloon: soret — fish in Clupea
• Walloon: inglitin — fish in Clupea
• Welsh: pennog — fish in Clupea
• Welsh: ysgadan — fish in Clupea
• Yiddish: הערינג (hering) — fish in Clupea