Where does “ლაკმუსი” come from?
ლაკმუსი (Georgian) comes from Russian ла́кмус, from German Lackmus, from Dutch lakmoes, from Dutch lak, from French laqué, from Middle French lache, from Omani Arabic لك, from Persian لاک — to protect.
ლაკმუსი (Georgian): litmus
Ancestry of “ლაკმუსი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ла́кмус | — |
| 2 | German | Lackmus | litmus |
| 3 | Dutch | lakmoes | litmus |
| 4 | Dutch | lak | lacquer; foolery, foolishness, nonsense;... |
| 5 | French | laqué | past participle of laquer; glazed |
| 6 | Middle French | lache | — |
| 7 | Omani Arabic | لك | — |
| 8 | Persian | لاک | — |
| 9 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 10 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 11 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 12 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 13 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |