Where does “las” come from?
las (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
las (Middle Low German): patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
Definitions
- patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
Ancestry of “las”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 3 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 4 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 5 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |