Where does “Räucherlachs” come from?
Räucherlachs (German) comes from German räuchern, from Middle High German röuchen, from Old High German rouhhen, from Proto-West Germanic raukijan, from Proto-Germanic raukijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Räucherlachs (German): smoked salmon; lox
Definitions
- smoked salmon; lox
Ancestry of “Räucherlachs”, step by step
Räucherlachs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German räuchern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | räuchern | to fumigate, cure |
| 2 | Middle High German | röuchen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | rouhhen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raukijan | to cause smoke; to treat with smoke |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raukijaną | to smoke |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |