Where does “ཀ” come from?

ཀ (Tibetan) comes from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ཀ (Tibetan): The first letter of the Tibetan abugida

Definitions

  1. The first letter of the Tibetan abugida

Ancestry of “ཀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pali𑀓Brahmi script form of ka
2Sanskritकःnominative masculine singular of किम्
3Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
4Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “ཀ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →