Where does “laksaveiða” come from?
laksaveiða (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.
laksaveiða (Faroese): salmon fishing
Ancestry of “laksaveiða”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |