Where does “laksastyrja” come from?

laksastyrja (Faroese) comes from Faroese laksur, from Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

laksastyrja (Faroese): opah

Definitions

  1. opah

Ancestry of “laksastyrja”, step by step

laksastyrja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese laksur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeselaksursalmon
2Old Norselaxsalmon
3Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
4Chinese拉薩—
5Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
6Old Tibetanར་ས—

via Faroese styrja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesestyrjasturgeon
2Old Norsestyrjasturgeon
3Proto-Germanicsturjôsturgeon
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →
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