Etymology

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Russian не́рка ← Finnish nieriä
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  1. Finnish · derived fromnieriä“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromне́рка
  3. English todaynerka

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”).

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