Where does “gravadlax” come from?

gravadlax (English) comes from Swedish gravad lax, from Swedish lax, from Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

gravadlax (English): Alternative form of gravlax

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gravlax

Ancestry of “gravadlax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgravad lax—
2Swedishlaxsalmon; a bill with nominal value 1000 kronor...
3Old Norselaxsalmon
4Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
5Chinese拉薩—
6Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
7Old Tibetanར་ས—
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →