Where does “LOX” come from?

LOX (Japanese) comes from English lox, from Yiddish לאַקס, 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.

LOX (Japanese): lox; liquid molecular oxygen (O2)

Definitions

  1. lox; liquid molecular oxygen (O2)

Ancestry of “LOX”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloxSalmon cured in brine and then smoked in low...
2Yiddishלאַקסsalmon
3Middle High Germanlahs—
4Old High Germanlahs—
5Proto-West Germaniclahssalmon
6Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
7Chinese拉薩—
8Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
9Old Tibetanར་ས—
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →