Common name of Oncorhynchus keta
 
Common name Chum salmon
Language English
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2015
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Chum' probably from Chinook (North American indigenous language) jargon, i.e., spots, writing (p. 240 in 11978); '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). Chum(=Keta=Dog) salmon (Ref. 90062). Also Ref. 3691, 56807, 90062, 95632.
 
Entered by Agustin, Liza Q.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
Checked by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
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