Where does “Changtang” come from?

Changtang (English) comes from Tibetan བྱང་ཐང, from Tibetan བྱང — north; Short for བྱང་ཐང; past of འབྱང.

Ancestry of “Changtang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབྱང་ཐངChangtang northern steppe of Tibet
2Tibetanབྱངnorth; Short for བྱང་ཐང; past of འབྱང
Every word from Tibetan བྱང →Every word from Tibetan བྱང་ཐང →