Common name of Oncorhynchus masou
 
Common name Cherry salmon
Language English
Type AFS
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Cherry' replaced Old English 'ciris' (borrowed into prehistoric Germanic from Latin 'cerasus' from Greek 'kerasós, i.e., cherry tree) from Old Northern French 'cherise' from Vulgar Latin 'cerasus, ceresia' (p. 110 in Ref. 11979); '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).
 
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