Etymology

sjark

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Today it means: A Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40 feet, and with a particular hull style, used in northern Norway. Full definition →

Norwegian sjark ← English shark
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  1. English · derived fromshark
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromsjark
  3. English todaysjark

From Norwegian sjark, from Russian, from English shark.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.