Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laśas, from Proto-Indo-European *loḱs-os- (salmon, trout)[1] or *laḱs-,[2] cognate with Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ).

Noun edit

lašiša f

  1. salmon

References edit

  1. ^ 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-
  2. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN