lašiša

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laśas, from Proto-Indo-European *loḱs-os- (“salmon, trout”)[1] or *laḱs-,[2] cognate with Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ).

Noun

lašiša f

  1. salmon

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “PIE *loḱs-os-”
  2. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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