4 ms·Think it comes from the german word for salmon, "Lachs", or at least an earlier version of the word.by jimswhims 2y agoThink it comes from the german word for salmon, "Lachs", or at least an earlier version of the word.miramba 2y agoI learned about „lox“ in NYC, a native told me it comes from jiddish, which is kind of a german dialect.unwind 2y agoSwedish is even closer, there it's "lax" [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax