Etymology

shishamo

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Today it means: Spirinchus lanceolatus, a Japanese smelt. Full definition →

Japanese 柳葉魚 ← Ainu スサㇺ
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The story

  1. Ainu · derived fromスサㇺ
  2. Japanese · borrowed from柳葉魚
  3. English todayshishamo

Borrowed from Japanese 柳葉魚 (shishamo, literally “willow leaf fish”), ultimately from Ainu スサㇺ (susam).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.