Where does “ལྕང་མོ” come from?

ལྕང་མོ (Sikkimese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kraŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ — ox; elephant; poplar.

ལྕང་མོ (Sikkimese): willow tree

Definitions

  1. willow tree

Ancestry of “ལྕང་མོ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetankraŋmosquito
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanglaŋox; elephant; poplar
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kraŋ →