Where does “Ü-Tsang” come from?
Ü-Tsang (English) comes from Tibetan དབུས་གཙང, from Tibetan གཙང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (t)s(j)aŋ — clear; pure; clean; clean; pure; clear.
Ancestry of “Ü-Tsang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tibetan | དབུས་གཙང | Ü-Tsang |
| 2 | Tibetan | གཙང | clean, pure; See གཙང་བ |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | (t)s(j)aŋ | clear; pure; clean; clean; pure; clear |