Where does “Bhutan” come from?

Bhutan derives from Tibetan བོད (Bod), the Tibetan name for Tibet, with the meaning and pathway of semantic development to the English country name remaining unclear.

Ancestry of “Bhutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBhoutan—
2Nepaliभुटान—
3Prakrit𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢Tibet
4Prakrit𑀅𑀁𑀢bowels, entrails, intestine
5Sanskritअन्तnear; last; handsome, lovely
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ént-end, limit, forehead

Words derived from “Bhutan”

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