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Re: CHAT: Bagels and lox

• To: <xml-dev@l...>,"Lars Marius Garshol" <larsga@g...>
• Subject: Re: CHAT: Bagels and lox
• From: "James Tauber" <jtauber@j...>
• Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 20:46:00 +0800
• References: <200206302037.QAA22048@m...> <m3pty7bqdp.fsf@p...>

> Aha. So "lox" is probably derived from Norwegian "laks," meaning
> salmon, then. We would call this "røykelaks," literally smoked salmon,
> but still...

More likely both are derived from some older Germanic parent language.

James

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