The Evolution of Indo-European Nomenclature for Salmonid Fish : The Case for Huchen (Hucho Spp. )Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series No. 5

Preamble ? Dramatis PersonaeNovel referents ? conceptual and lexical gaps, and lexical semantic changeNovel faunal speciesFilling lexical gaps'Ethnoscience? and 'folk biological taxonomy?IE Salmonid semantic domains and word fieldsSalmonid referents ? what are the 'Salmonids?A metaterminology for SalmonidsIndo Europeans and Salmonids huchen etymologiesSlavic 'Bighead? Hungarian GalocaCzech Siven as 'Gray(Fish)?Serbocroatian MladicaGerman 'Lurker? 'Taunter? 'Jughead?Rumanian LostritaRussian TaimentRussian Cevica GoiHuchen HypernymyBibliography.