laks- / Indo-European roots

Examples of words with the root laks-: gravlax, lox.

laks-

Salmon.

Suffixed form *laks-o-.
a. lox from Old High German lahs, salmon;
b. gravlax from Swedish lax, salmon. Both a and b from Germanic *lahsaz.
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[In Pokorny lak̑- 653.]


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