Where does “Lhotshampa” come from?

Lhotshampa (English) comes from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ, from Tibetan ལ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅, from Sanskrit च, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

Lhotshampa (English): A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan

Definitions

  1. A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan

Ancestry of “Lhotshampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dzongkhaལྷོ་མཚམས་པLhotshampa person
2Tibetanལhillside, mountain pass; Marks oblique locatives;...
3Maharastri Prakrit𑀅and; also, moreover
4Sanskritचand, both, also, moreover, as well as
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-čaand
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča →Every word from Sanskrit च →