Where does “ཀ་པཱ་ལ” come from?

ཀ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit कपाल, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las, from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl-, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

ཀ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan): kapala

Definitions

  1. kapala

Ancestry of “ཀ་པཱ་ལ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकपालskull, cranium; bowl
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankapā́lasskull
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáp-ōl-head, bowl
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “ཀ་པཱ་ལ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káp-ōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapā́las →