Where does “las” come from?

las (Polabian) comes from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.

las (Polabian): salmon

Definitions

  1. salmon

Ancestry of “las”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
2Old Saxonlahs
3Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
4Chinese拉薩
5Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
6Old Tibetanར་ས
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་སEvery word from Tibetan ལྷ་སEvery word from Chinese 拉薩
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