Where does “lax vowel” come from?
lax vowel (English) comes from English lax, from Middle English lax, from Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
lax vowel (English): A vowel produced with relatively little...
Definitions
- A vowel produced with relatively little...
Ancestry of “lax vowel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lax | A salmon; Lenient and allowing for deviation; not... |
| 2 | Middle English | lax | salmon |
| 3 | Old English | leax | a salmon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |