Where does “smanba” come from?

smanba (Mongghul) comes from Tibetan སྨན་པ, from Tibetan སྨན, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ.

smanba (Mongghul): doctor

Definitions

  1. doctor

Ancestry of “smanba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྨན་པdoctor, physician
2Tibetanསྨནdrug, medicine, medication; herb, remedy;...
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-maŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ →Every word from Tibetan སྨན →Every word from Tibetan སྨན་པ →