It reentered english through yiddish, though the word lox was also used by scandinavian immigrants in the upper midwest. Laks is the word in old english, but l

It reentered english through yiddish, though the word lox was also used by scandinavian immigrants in the upper midwest. Laks is the word in old english, but like many food words only eaten by the upper classes (beef, venison, poultry, pork, sausage) was displaced by the norman salmon.