C19: from Old Norse seithr coalfish; compare Gaelic saigh, saighean coalfish, Irish saoidhean young of fish
coalfish in British English
(ˈkəʊlˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural-fish or -fishes
a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
Also called (Brit): saithe, coley
saithe in American English
(seiθ, seið)
nounWord forms: pluralsaithe
Ichthyology
pollock
Word origin
[1625–35; Scots dial. ‹ Scand; cf. ON seithr, Icel seith]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabaret, concentration, functional, interlock, program