Common name of Hucho hucho
 
Umgangssprachlicher Name Danube salmon
Language English
Typ Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Land United Kingdom
Fundort
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Lebensstadium juveniles and adults
Geschlecht females and males
Core
Erster Bezug
Zweiter Bezug
Remarks 'Danube', proper name of a river in Germany; '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).
 
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