Where does “laksur” come from?

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

laksur (Faroese): salmon

Definitions

  1. salmon

Ancestry of “laksur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “laksur”

Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →