Where does “門巴” come from?

門巴 (Chinese) comes from Tibetan སྨན་པ, from Tibetan སྨན, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ.

門巴 (Chinese): doctor; Monpa

Definitions

  1. doctor; Monpa

Ancestry of “門巴”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྨན་པdoctor, physician
2Tibetanསྨནdrug, medicine, medication; herb, remedy;...
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-maŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ →Every word from Tibetan སྨན →Every word from Tibetan སྨན་པ →