| Remarks |
'Cherry' replaced Old English 'ciris' (borrowed into prehistoric Germanic from Latin 'cerasus' from Greek 'kerasós, i.e., cherry tree) from Old Northern French 'cherise' from Vulgar Latin 'cerasus, ceresia' (p. 110 in Ref. 11979); '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). |
