lak̂- (*laĝh-)

    lak̂- (*laĝh-)

    English meaning: to be spotted; salmon

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sprenkeln, tupfen”

    Material: O.H.G. lahs, O.E. leax, O.Ice. lax m. ‘salmon”; O.Pruss. lasasso f.; Lith. lašišà f., besides lãšis and Ltv. lasis m.; Russ. losośь ‘salmon”; after Löwenthal (KZ. 52, 98) as “the Getupfte” to Lith.lãšas “drip”, laše ́ ti “drip, trickle”, Ltv. lü̆ se ‘sprenkel, Tupfen”, lãsaîns “punktiert, dappled “, etc.; Toch. В laks “fish”. After Thieme KZ 69, 209 ff. in addition also (?) O.Ind. lükṣ ü “Lack” (*”lachsartig, *red”) and (?) lakṣá- “unũbersehbare bulk, mass”. common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- phonetic mutation

    References: WP. II 381, Trautmann 150, Petersson Heterokl. 199 f., Specht IE Decl. 31, Heine-Geldern Saeculum 2, 247.