Lachs

German (Berlin)

/laks/

noun
Definitions
  • salmon, lax/lox
  • longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle) of the back of slaughtered animals, especially pigs (Schweinelachs or Lachsfleisch), calves (Kalbslachs), and lambs (Lammlachs); part of the rib or chop cuts.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German lahs inherited from Old High German lahs inherited from *lahs (salmon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lak̑is- (trout, salmon).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lak̑is-

Gloss

trout, salmon

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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