Common name | Salmon trout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' survived from Middle English derived from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |