Common name | Jack salmon |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Locality | |
Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | person (eponym) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Jack' from Middle English 'Jacke', i.e., nickname for Johan/John and generally applies to men (p. 644 in Ref. 11978); '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). |