# finnock

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.

## Etymology
A possible anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”). Compare fionnag (“whiting”), a calque of English whiting, from fionn (“white”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/finnock