lax
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- (fish) salmon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lahsaz
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
- gravlaks Norwegian Bokmål
- laks Norwegian Bokmål
- lakseelv Norwegian Bokmål
- røkelaks Norwegian Bokmål
- *lahsaz Proto-Germanic
- gravlax Swedish
- lax Swedish
- gravlaks Norwegian Nynorsk
- laks Norwegian Nynorsk
- laksefilet Norwegian Nynorsk
- leax Old English
- lax Middle English
- laks Danish
- lax Icelandic
- lahs Old High German
- laksastyrja Faroese
- laksaveiða Faroese
- laksur Faroese
- *lahs gmw-pro
- lahs Old Saxon
- laks Elfdalian