Where does “ལྷོད་ལམ” come from?

ལྷོད་ལམ (Dzongkha) comes from Tibetan ལམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

ལྷོད་ལམ (Dzongkha): accessible path, access-route

Definitions

  1. accessible path, access-route

Ancestry of “ལྷོད་ལམ”, step by step

ལྷོད་ལམ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལམpath, way; method
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path

via Dzongkha ལྷོད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dzongkhaལྷོདto arrive
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam →Every word from Tibetan ལམ →