English
finnock
Finnock comes from Scottish Gaelic fionnag ‘young salmon’.
- Scottish Gaelicmodernfionnag‘young salmon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866finnock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish Gaelicmodernfionnag‘young salmon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866finnock
Earliest quotation: 1866, Thomas Tod Stoddart, An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs: “Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not…”
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic fionnag
Today it means
noun A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic fionnag / finnock