Where does “Lachstreppe” come from?

Lachstreppe (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.

Lachstreppe (German): salmon ladder

Definitions

  1. salmon ladder

Ancestry of “Lachstreppe”, step by step

Lachstreppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Lachs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLachssalmon, lax/lox; longissimus dorsi of the back...
2Middle High Germanlahs—
3Old High Germanlahs—
4Proto-West Germaniclahssalmon
5Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
6Chinese拉薩—
7Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
8Old Tibetanར་ས—

via German Treppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTreppestairs
2Middle High Germantreppe—
3Old High Germantrappa—
4Proto-Germanictrap-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
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