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Where does “lah” come from?

Lah comes from English la, from Latin illam, the accusative of Latin ille meaning "that" or "he," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- and al-.

lah (English): Alternative spelling of la; Placed at the end of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of la; Placed at the end of...

Ancestry of “lah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishläSixth tone of the diatonic scale
2Frenchlàthere; here, present
3Italianlàthere
4Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
5Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
6GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
7Germana-MollA-minor
8Hungarianathe; this; that
9Frenchàto; on the, to; at
10Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
11Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
12LatinA—
13Etruscan𐌀—
14Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
15Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
16Egyptian𓃾—
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