Where does “lox” come from?

lox (English) comes from Yiddish לאַקס, from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

lox (English): Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low...

Definitions

  1. Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low...

Ancestry of “lox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלאַקסsalmon
2Middle High Germanlahs—
3Old High Germanlahs—
4Proto-West Germaniclahssalmon
5Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
6Chinese拉薩—
7Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
8Old Tibetanར་ས—

Words derived from “lox”

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