lašas

Cognate with Latvian làse (“drop”), as well as perhaps dialectal Russian ла́са (lása, “shiny spot”), лоса́ (losá, “sunlit surface of water”), and ласит (lasit, “to stain”). The Balto-Slavic words seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *leḱ- (“to sprinkle (?)”), but further interpretation and cognates are unclear: * Often compared with lašišà (“salmon”); see Latvian lasis (“salmon; (dialectal) drop”) for more. * Has been compared to Sanskrit लश (laśa, “gum, resin”) and लाक्षा (lākṣā, “lac dye or bug”); the former is semantically bold, while the latter's origin is similarly murky, thus making formal analysis difficult. Related to lašė́ti (“to drip”), and by surface analysis, a nominal formation from it.