Where does “喇沙” come from?

喇沙 (Chinese) comes from French La Salle, from French Lasalle, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

喇沙 (Chinese): laksa

Definitions

  1. laksa

Ancestry of “喇沙”, step by step

喇沙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French La Salle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLa Salle
2FrenchLasalle
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef

via Malay laksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylaksalaksa; ten thousand; laksa, a spicy stew from...
2Malayلقساlaksa; ten thousand
3Sanskritलक्षa mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,...
4Sanskritलक्ष्perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign
5Sanskritरक्ष्to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,...
6Proto-Indo-AryanHrakṣ-
7Proto-Indo-IranianHrakš-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂lek-to protect
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