Where does “gravlax” come from?

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

gravlax (English): Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and...

Definitions

  1. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and...

Ancestry of “gravlax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgravlaxgravlax appetizer of dry-cured salmon
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 →