laks

See also: läks, lǟks, and lax

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lax (salmon), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (salmon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laks/, [lɑɡ̊s]

Noun

laks c (singular definite laksen, plural indefinite laks)

  1. salmon

Inflection

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse lax (salmon), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (salmon).

Noun

laks m

  1. salmon

Inflection

Icelandic

Noun

laks

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lak

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lax (salmon), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (salmon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑks/
  • Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

laks m (definite singular laksen, indefinite plural lakser, definite plural laksene)

  1. salmon

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lax (salmon), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (salmon).

Noun

laks m (definite singular laksen, indefinite plural laksar, definite plural laksane)

  1. salmon

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Adjective

laks

  1. positive degree strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of lakr

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (salmon, trout). Cognate with Tocharian A läks (fish), Old East Slavic лосось (lososĭ, salmon), Old English leax (salmon) and Lithuanian lašiša (salmon).

Noun

laks

  1. fish

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish laakso.

Noun

laks

  1. gorge
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