Where does “gravlax” come from?
gravlax (Swedish) comes from Swedish lax, from Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
gravlax (Swedish): gravlax
Ancestry of “gravlax”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | lax | salmon; a bill with nominal value 1000 kronor... |
| 2 | Old Norse | lax | salmon |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 4 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 5 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 6 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
Words derived from “gravlax”