shad

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
2. (South-Africa) Any bluefish of species Pomatomus saltatrix.

Sinonieme

alewife

allis shad

alose

hood

rock herring

roof

shack

Clupeidae

Tenualosa toli

Alosa

blueback herring

Vertalings

alose

sável

elft

sábalo

Maifisch

Alse

alosa

alosa

alosa

alosa

cheppia

saboga

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʃæd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: shadde

Geërf van Old English: sceadd

Verwante met Skotse Gallies: sgadan

Verwante met Wallies: ysgadan

Verwante met Noors: skadd

Verwante met Old Norse: skata

In summary

From Middle English shadde, from Old English sceadd, possibly from Celtic (compare Scottish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian/North Germanic (compare dialectal Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”), Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”)), but the order of borrowing is unclear and the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.