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
Ancestry of “laksastyrja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Faroese | laksur | salmon |
| 2 | Old Norse | lax | salmon |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 4 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 5 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 6 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |