Where does “ཉིམ” come from?

ཉིམ (Dzongkha) comes from Tibetan ཉི་མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) — sun.

ཉིམ (Dzongkha): the Sun

Definitions

  1. the Sun

Ancestry of “ཉིམ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཉི་མsun; day; Sunday
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)sun
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) →Every word from Tibetan ཉི་མ →
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