Where does “མིང་སྡུད” come from?
མིང་སྡུད (Dzongkha) comes from Tibetan མིང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ — name.
མིང་སྡུད (Dzongkha): abbreviation
Definitions
- abbreviation
Ancestry of “མིང་སྡུད”, step by step
མིང་སྡུད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan མིང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | མིང | name, designation; word, term |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *r-meŋ | name |
via Dzongkha སྡུད
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzongkha | སྡུད | to collect, to accumulate |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *(t/d)u-n/t | — |