laks
Norwegian
/lɑks/
noun-m1
Definitions
- salmon
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lax (salmon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (salmon).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*laks-
Gloss
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
- *laks- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakso- Proto-Indo-European
- *lak̑is- Proto-Indo-European
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- elv Norwegian Bokmål
- grave Norwegian Bokmål
- gravlaks Norwegian Bokmål
- lakseelv Norwegian Bokmål
- røke Norwegian Bokmål
- røkelaks Norwegian Bokmål
- *lahsaz Proto-Germanic
- lax Swedish
- elv Norwegian Nynorsk
- laks Norwegian Nynorsk
- leax Old English
- lax Old Norse
- laks Danish
- *lososь Proto-Slavic
- lax Icelandic
- lahs Old High German
- laksur Faroese
- *lahs gmw-pro
- lahs Old Saxon
- laks Elfdalian