Where does “Lassen” come from?

Lassen (Danish) comes from Danish lås, from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

Ancestry of “Lassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlåslock; imperative of låse
2Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
3Old Saxonlahs
4Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
5Chinese拉薩
6Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
7Old Tibetanར་ས
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་སEvery word from Tibetan ལྷ་སEvery word from Chinese 拉薩
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