Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lahs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Noun

*lahs m

salmon

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lahs
Genitive	*lahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lahs	lahsō, lahsōs
Accusative	*lahs	*lahsā
Genitive	*lahsas	*lahsō
Dative	*lahsē	*lahsum
Instrumental	*lahsu	*lahsum

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