reņģe

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See also: réngé, rëngë, and reņģē

Latvian

Reņģe
Reņģes

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from Old Frisian hareng (herring) (itself maybe from here (swarm, school of fish), i.e. originally “school of fish” > “fish that swims in schools”), with loss of the initial syllable (*hareng > *renge > reņģe). This loanword is already found in 16th-century family names, and later in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

reņģe f (5th declension)

  1. herring (many fish species of the family Clupeidae, especially Clupea harengus membras, which is about 25 cm long, with a bluish green back and silvery sides)
    žāvēta reņģe — dried, smoked herring
    reņģes tomātu mērcēherrings in tomato sauce
    veikalā viņš bija ieraudzījis un nopircis svaigas reņģesin the store he had found and bought fresh herring

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “reņģe”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN