Where does “ням” come from?

ням (Mongolian) comes from Tibetan ཉི་མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) — sun.

ням (Mongolian): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “ням”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཉི་མsun; day; Sunday
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)sun
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) →Every word from Tibetan ཉི་མ →