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”).[1][2] See lax and Latvian lasis for further non-Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑx.sɑz/

Noun

*lahsaz m[1]

  1. salmon

Inflection

Declension 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
    • Old Saxon: lahs
      • Middle Low German: las
    • Old Dutch: *lahs
    • Old High German: lahs
  • Old Norse: lax

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lahsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[2] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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