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Lox

2 stages from Yiddish to English.

Today it means salmon that has been cured in a brine solution
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Stage 1 of 2
laks
Yiddish · medieval
"salmon"
meaning "salmon", from an old Germanic root
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Stage 2 of 2
lox
English · 1900s
"brine-cured salmon"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking immigrant communities, especially for cured salmon
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