Where does “lasch” come from?

lasch (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.

lasch (German): lax, lackadaisical, limp

Definitions

  1. lax, lackadaisical, limp

Ancestry of “lasch”, step by step

lasch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German las

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

via Middle Low German lasch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlaschslack
2Old Saxonlask—
3Proto-Germaniclasiwazstrengthless; weak
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlas-to be willing, covetous; weak; eager

Words derived from “lasch”

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