Where does “སེ་མོ” come from?

སེ་མོ (Kurtop) comes from Tibetan སྲས་མོ, from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

Ancestry of “སེ་མོ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྲས་མོdaughter
2Tibetanམོfemale; she
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →Every word from Tibetan སྲས་མོ →