Where does “Wildlachs” come from?

Wildlachs (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.

Wildlachs (German): wild salmon

Definitions

  1. wild salmon

Ancestry of “Wildlachs”, step by step

Wildlachs 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 wild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwildwild; strange
2Middle High Germanwilde—
3Old High Germanwildiwild
4Proto-West Germanicwilþīwild
5Proto-Germanicwilþijazwild
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool
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