Where does “ཀ་བ” come from?

ཀ་བ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit स्कम्भ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian skambʰás, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

ཀ་བ (Tibetan): pillar, column, pole, post

Definitions

  1. pillar, column, pole, post

Ancestry of “ཀ་བ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritस्कम्भprop, pillar, support; tower
2Proto-Indo-Iranianskambʰáspillar, support
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian skambʰás →Every word from Sanskrit स्कम्भ →