Where does “lax” come from?

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

lax (Old Norse): salmon

Definitions

  1. salmon

Ancestry of “lax”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lax”

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