Where does “laks” come from?

laks (Elfdalian) comes from Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

laks (Elfdalian): salmon

Definitions

  1. salmon

Ancestry of “laks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselaxsalmon
2Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
3Chinese拉薩—
4Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
5Old Tibetanར་ས—
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →