Common name of Salmo salar
 
Common name Losos
Language Russian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Latvia
Locality
Ref. Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Losos' from same source as produced Old English 'laex', German 'lachs', Swedish 'lax', Yiddish 'laks', English 'lox' (i.e., smoked salmon) 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).
 
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