Where does “laxfisher” come from?

laxfisher (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.

laxfisher (English): A salmon fisher

Definitions

  1. A salmon fisher

Ancestry of “laxfisher”, step by step

laxfisher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaxA salmon; Lenient and allowing for deviation; not...
2Middle Englishlaxsalmon
3Old Englishleaxa salmon
4Proto-West Germaniclahssalmon
5Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
6Chinese拉薩
7Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
8Old Tibetanར་ས

via English Fisher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFisherfor a fisherman
2Middle EnglishfischerA fisher; A retailer or seller of fish or...
3Old Englishfisċerefisher
4Proto-Germanicfiskārijazfisher
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས
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