Where does “ནག་པུ” come from?

ནག་པུ (Sherpa) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək — black.

ནག་པུ (Sherpa): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “ནག་པུ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*nəkblack
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək