Where does “Lahs” come from?
Lahs (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
Lahs (Central Franconian): salmon
Ancestry of “Lahs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lahs | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 4 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 5 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 6 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |