Where does “U” come from?

U (English) comes from Tibetan དབུས — middle, centre; Clipping of དབུས་གཙང.

U (English): The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa

Definitions

  1. The east part of Ü-Tsang, centered in Lhasa

Ancestry of “U”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདབུསmiddle, centre; Clipping of དབུས་གཙང
Every word from Tibetan དབུས