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

Definitions

  1. salmon fishing

Ancestry of “laksaveiða”, step by step

laksaveiða 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 veiða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseveiðahunting; yield from hunting; to hunt
2Old Norseveiðato catch, hunt
3Proto-Germanicwaiþijanąto hunt, pursue; to graze, feed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
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