Etymology

sillock

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Today it means: A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish. Full definition →

Old Norse síl
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromsíl
  2. English todaysillock

From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) + -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl, síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsesíl all →

sile

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