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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laśas, from Proto-Indo-European *loḱs-os- (“salmon, trout”) or *laḱs-, cognate with Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ).
Noun
lašiša f
- salmon
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “PIE *loḱs-os-”
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN