Where does “ᰎᰨ” come from?

ᰎᰨ (Lepcha) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa — bamboo.

ᰎᰨ (Lepcha): bamboo (e.g. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

Definitions

  1. bamboo (e.g. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

Ancestry of “ᰎᰨ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-pabamboo
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa