Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahsaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *lososь, Ossetian лӕсӕг (læsæg, “salmon”), and Tocharian B laksi (“fish”).[1] See lax and Latvian lasis for further non-Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑx.sɑz/

Noun

*lahsaz m

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

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: laks
- Old Swedish: lax
  - Swedish: lax
- Old Danish: lax
  - Danish: laks
- Gutnish: lax

References

Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN