Where does “lakseelv” come from?

lakseelv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål laks, from Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

lakseelv (Norwegian Bokmål): salmon river

Definitions

  1. salmon river

Ancestry of “lakseelv”, step by step

lakseelv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål laks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållakssalmon
2Old Norselaxsalmon
3Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
4Chinese拉薩—
5Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
6Old Tibetanར་ས—

via Norwegian Bokmål elv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålelva river; an elf
2Old Norseelfrriver
3Proto-Germanicalbīriver
4LatinAlbis—
5LatinAlbeus—
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