Common name of Salmo salar
 
Common name Lachs
Language German
Type Vernacular
Official trade name Yes
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Germany
Locality
Ref. Riethe, P., 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Mittelhochdeutsch (old German). Also in Ref. 9900. 'Lachs' from same source as produced Old English 'laex', Swedish 'lax', Yiddish 'laks', English 'lox' and Russian 'losos' (i.e., smoked salmon) borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). Official trade name (Ref. 47487).
 
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