Where does “laxly” come from?

laxly (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.

laxly (English): In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness

Definitions

  1. In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness

Ancestry of “laxly”, step by step

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—
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