Sǟnag

Historically Sounaggen – Latvian Saunags, Livonian Sǟnag. L. Kettunen tentatively links this term to a name of a fish common in Finnic languages: Estonian säinas, säinakas, Finnish säynävä, Veps säunged – Lucioperca lucioperca [according to LĒL the standard name of this species of fish is zāndat]. According to Kettunen's dictionary at least in the 20th century there has been no such a word in the Livonian language, however, according to reconstruction it should have been *säunag. Thus it is possible that the name derives from another Finnic language. Perhaps from Estonian. Like in the case of Pitrõg its historical spelling (Sounaggen) likely reflects its Latvian pronunciation.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæːnɑɡ/, [ˈsæːnɑɡ̥]

Sǟnag

1. Saunags (a village in Courland, Latvia)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “Sǟnag”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     Sǟnag – Sǟnag – Saunags

     Saunags – Saunags – Saunags