English
grilse
Grilse comes from Middle English grills.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grills
- Englishearliest quotation 1817grilse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grills
- Englishearliest quotation 1817grilse
Earliest quotation: 1817, Hurst: “[T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best…”
The story
From Middle English grills, grilles, of unknown origin.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.
Every English word from Middle English grills
Today it means
noun A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English grills / grilse