Where does “Silberlachs” come from?

Silberlachs (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.

Silberlachs (German): coho salmon, coho

Definitions

  1. coho salmon, coho

Ancestry of “Silberlachs”, step by step

Silberlachs 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 Silber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSilbersilver; argent
2Middle High Germansilber—
3Old High Germansilbarsilver
4Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
5Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
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