Where does “lås” come from?
lås (Danish) comes 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.
lås (Danish): lock; imperative of låse
Ancestry of “lås”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | las | patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon |
| 2 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 4 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 5 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 6 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |