Etymograph

English

saury

Saury comes from Japanese 佐伊羅.

  1. Japanesemodern佐伊羅1saira
  2. Englishtodaysaury1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English saury

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern佐伊羅Wiktionary, English saurysaira
  2. EnglishtodaysauryWiktionary, English saury

Every English word from Japanese 佐伊羅

Today it means

noun A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “saury”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Japanese 佐伊羅 / saury

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