lax
English
/læks/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A salmon.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lax inherited from Old English leax (salmon) inherited from *lahs (salmon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (trout, salmon).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*laḱs-
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 vowel English
- laxed English
- laxen English
- laxening English
- laxing English
- laxism English
- laxist English
- laxly English
- laxness English
- overlax English
- vowel English
- Flammlachs German
- Königslachs German
- Lachs German
- Lachsforelle German
- Lachstreppe German
- Räucherlachs German
- Seelachs German
- Silberlachs German
- Wildlachs German
- Zuchtlachs German
- лосо́сь Russian
- лососеобразные Russian
- лососий Russian
- лососёвый Russian
- *laks- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakso- Proto-Indo-European
- *lak̑is- Proto-Indo-European
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *lahsaz Proto-Germanic
- gravlax Swedish
- lax Swedish
- leax Old English
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- lax Middle English
- lax Old Norse
- laks Danish
- las Danish
- *lososь Proto-Slavic
- lax Icelandic
- lahs Old High German
- lahs Middle High German
- *-rik Albanian
- *lesht Albanian
- leshterik Albanian
- *lahs gmw-pro
- las Middle Low German
- lahs Old Saxon
- Las German Low German
- лосось Yakut