Where does “Königslachs” come from?
Königslachs (German) comes from German Lachs, from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
Königslachs (German): a chinook salmon, "Oncorhynchus tshawytscha"
Definitions
- a chinook salmon, "Oncorhynchus tshawytscha"
Ancestry of “Königslachs”, step by step
Königslachs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lachs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lachs | salmon, lax/lox; longissimus dorsi of the back... |
| 2 | Middle High German | lahs | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lahs | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
via German könig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | könig | king |
| 2 | Middle High German | künec | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kuning | king |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kuning | king |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kuningaz | king |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kunją | kin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁yom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |