Where does “hængelås” come from?
hængelås (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.
hængelås (Danish): padlock
Definitions
- padlock
Ancestry of “hængelås”, step by step
hængelås traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish lås
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | lås | lock; imperative of låse |
| 2 | Middle Low German | las | patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon |
| 3 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 5 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 6 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 7 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
via Danish hænge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hænge | to hang |
| 2 | Old Norse | hengja | to hang; suspend |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |