Where does “לאַקס” come from?
לאַקס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
לאַקס (Yiddish): salmon
Ancestry of “לאַקס”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | lahs | — |
| 2 | Old High German | lahs | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 5 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 6 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 7 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
Words derived from “לאַקס”