Common name of Arripis trutta
 
Common name Salmon trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') 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); '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).
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