▲ 614 ▼ TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years (nautil.us) submitted 2 years ago by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments it's also yummy
[–] cabbage@piefed.social 6 points 2 years ago Indeed it is! And lax in Icelandic as well, which remains the closest to old Norse. It's just the British trying to be fancy with their salmon. permalink fedilink source parent