| Remarks |
'Salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'canary', i.e., of yellow color, from small green finches (Serinus canarius) native to the Canary Islands introduced as cage birds in England in the 16th century, the domestic breed of which is now for the most part yellow (p. 93 in Ref. 11979). |