Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahsaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑx.sɑz/

Noun

*lahsaz m

1. salmon

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lahsaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lahsaz	*lahsōz, *lahsōs
vocative	*lahs	*lahsōz, *lahsōs
accusative	*lahsą	*lahsanz
genitive	*lahsas, *lahsis	*lahsǫ̂
dative	*lahsai	*lahsamaz
instrumental	*lahsō	*lahsamiz

Descendants

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