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

  1. patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon

Ancestry of “las”, step by step

las traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon lahs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonlahs—
2Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
3Chinese拉薩—
4Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
5Old Tibetanར་ས—

via Old Saxon lask

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

Words derived from “las”

Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས →Every word from Tibetan ལྷ་ས →Every word from Chinese 拉薩 →