English
gravlax
Gravlax comes from Swedish gravlax.
- Swedishmoderngravlax
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swedishmoderngravlax
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of grava ‘to dry-cure in salt and sugar’ + lax ‘salmon’
Swedish grav ‘grave’
Swedish grava ‘to dry-cure in salt and sugar’
Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- ‘salmon, trout’
Proto-Germanic *lahsaz ‘salmon’
Old Norse lax ‘salmon’
Swedish lax ‘salmon’
Every English word from Swedish gravlax
Today it means
noun Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish gravlax / gravlax