Where does “” come from?

隆 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-bru(ŋ/k) — dragon; thunder.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-bru(ŋ/k)dragon; thunder
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-bru(ŋ/k)