Where does “lačho” come from?

lačho (Romani) comes from German lasch, 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.

lačho (Romani): good, right, nice

Definitions

  1. good, right, nice

Ancestry of “lačho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlaschlax, lackadaisical, limp
2Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
3Old Saxonlahs
4Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
5Chinese拉薩
6Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
7Old Tibetanར་ས

Words derived from “lačho

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