vendace
Meanings
noun
- Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Scots vendace, from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise, from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia, from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).
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