| Remarks |
'Snapper' from 'snap' from 'snack', i.e., originally, to bite, borrowed from Middle Dutch 'snac, snack', i.e., bite, closely related to 'snappen', i.e., seize, source of English 'snap' and 'snaps', i.e., gulp, mouthful, borrowed by German 'schnapps', i.e., gin-like drink (p. 485 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). |