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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks-. Cognate with German Lachs, German Low German Lass, Dutch Low Saxon las, English lax (UK dialectal, Scotland), Danish laks, Faroese laksur, Icelandic lax, Norwegian Bokmål laks, Norwegian Nynorsk laks, Swedish lax and Russian лосось (lososʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
לאַקס • (laks) m, plural לאַקסן (laksn)
- salmon (fish)
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