Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lahs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Noun

*lahs m

1. salmon

   Synonym: *salmō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lahs
Genitive	*lahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lahs	*lahsō, *lahsōs
Accusative	*lahs	*lahsā
Genitive	*lahsas	*lahsō
Dative	*lahsē	*lahsum
Instrumental	*lahsu	*lahsum

Descendants

• Old English: leax
  • Middle English: lax
    • Scots: lax
    • English: lax
• Old Saxon: lahs
  • Middle Low German: las
• Old Dutch: *lahs
  • Middle Dutch: lachs, lasche, lacks, lack
    • Dutch: las
• Old High German: lahs
  • Middle High German: lahs
    • German: Lachs
      • → German Low German: Lachs
      • → Saterland Frisian: Lachs
    • Yiddish: לאַקס (laks)
      • → English: lox