Where does “санхүү” come from?

санхүү (Mongolian) comes from Mongolian сан, from Tibetan བསངས་.

санхүү (Mongolian): finance

Definitions

  1. finance

Ancestry of “санхүү”, step by step

санхүү traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mongolian сан

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianсанtreasury; treasure; fund
2Tibetanབསངས་—

via Mongolian хүү

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianхүүson; boy; dear
2Chinese庫—
Every word from Tibetan བསངས་ →Every word from Mongolian сан →