Common name of Salmo salar
 
Common name Lax
Language Swedish
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Sweden
Locality
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Lax' from same source as produced Old English 'laex', German 'lachs', 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). Confirmed by Ref. 51980.
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