mat·jes herring 
(mätyĭs)
(mätyĭs)n.
Fillets of young herring that have not yet spawned, lightly cured with salt, vinegar, sugar, and spices.
[Partial translation of Dutch maatjesharing : maatjes (alteration of maeghdekins, genitive of maeghdekin, maiden, diminutive of maagd, maid; see maghu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + haring, herring.]
- Indo-European root: ner-
- Indo-European root: nes-
- Indo-European root: nes-
- Indo-European root: neu-
- Indo-European root: newn̥
- Indo-European root: newo-
- Indo-European root: nobh-
- Indo-European root: nogh-
- Indo-European root: nogw-
- Indo-European root: nu-
- Indo-European root: nāu-
- Indo-European root: nō̆-men-
- Indo-European root: n̥dher-
- Indo-European root: od-
- Indo-European root: oi-no-
- Indo-European root: oit-
- Indo-European root: oktō(u)
- Indo-European root: okw-
- Indo-European root: op-
- Indo-European root: or-
- Indo-European root: orbh-
- Indo-European root: ors-
- Indo-European root: ost-
- Indo-European root: ous-
- Indo-European root: owi-