| Remarks |
'whitefish', i.e., any of the various market fishes with white flesh that is not oily (p. 1345 in Ref. 11978); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979); 'common', i.e., occurring or appearing frequently (p. 265 in Ref. 11978), from Old French 'comun' from Latin 'communis' from Indo-European 'komein, komoin', i.e., collective 'kom' + 'mein, moin', i.e., change, exchange (p. 126 in Ref. 11979). |