Lachs
German (Berlin)
/laks/
noun
Definitions
- salmon, lax/lox
- longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle) of the back of slaughtered animals, especially pigs (Schweinelachs or Lachsfleisch), calves (Kalbslachs), and lambs (Lammlachs); part of the rib or chop cuts.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German lahs inherited from Old High German lahs inherited from *lahs (salmon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lak̑is- (trout, salmon).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lak̑is-
Gloss
trout, salmon
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鮭
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lax English
- lax vowel English
- laxed English
- laxen English
- laxing English
- laxism English
- laxist English
- laxly English
- laxness English
- lox English
- loxism English
- metholox English
- overlax English
- Flammlachs German
- Forelle German
- König German
- Königslachs German
- Lachsforelle German
- Lachstreppe German
- Räucherlachs German
- See German
- Seelachs German
- Silber German
- Silberlachs German
- Treppe German
- Wildlachs German
- Zucht German
- Zuchtlachs German
- flammen German
- räuchern German
- wild German
- лосось Russian
- *laks- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakso- Proto-Indo-European
- *lak̑is- Proto-Indo-European
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *lahsaz Proto-Germanic
- leax Old English
- lax Middle English
- lax Old Norse
- *lososь Proto-Slavic
- lahs Old High German
- lahs Middle High German
- *-rik Albanian
- *lesht Albanian
- leshterik Albanian
- לאַקס Yiddish
- *lahs gmw-pro
- las Middle Low German
- lahs Old Saxon
- Las German Low German
- Lahs Central Franconian