Where does “Las” come from?

Las (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

Las (German Low German): salmon

Definitions

  1. salmon

Ancestry of “Las”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
2Old Saxonlahs—
3Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
4Chinese拉薩—
5Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
6Old Tibetanར་ས—
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →