*lahsaz

Runic: ᛚᚨᚺᛊᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑx.sɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

salmon

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *laḱsos, from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (‘salmon, trout’). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lososь, Ossetian лӕсӕг (læsæg, ‘salmon’), Tocharian B laks (‘fish’). See lax and Latvian lasis for further non-Germanic cognates.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.lahsazlahsōz, lahsōs
Acc.lahsąlahsanz
Gen.lahsas, lahsislahsǫ̂
Dat.lahsailahsamaz
Inst.lahsōlahsamiz
Voc.lahslahsōz, lahsōs

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Descendants

  • *lahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lahs (Old Dutch)
      • lachs, lasche, lacks, lack (Middle Dutch)
        • las (Dutch)
  • *lahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • leax (Old English)
      • lax (Middle English)
        • lax (English)
        • lax (Scots)
  • *lahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lahs (Old High German)
      • lahs (Middle High German)
        • Lachs (German)
          • Lachs (German Low German)
          • Lachs (Saterland Frisian)
  • *lahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lahs (Old High German)
      • lahs (Middle High German)
        • לאַקס (laks) (Yiddish)
          • lox (English)
  • *lahs (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lahs (Old Saxon)
      • las (Middle Low German)
  • lax (Old Norse)
    • laks (Elfdalian)
    • laksur (Faroese)
    • lax (Gutnish)
    • lax (Icelandic)
    • laks (Norn)
    • laks (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • lax (Old Norse)
    • lax (Old Danish)
      • laks (Danish)
        • laks (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • lax (Old Norse)
    • lax (Old Swedish)
      • lax (Swedish)

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