Where does “ཀ་བ” come from?
ཀ་བ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit स्कम्भ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian skambʰás, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.
ཀ་བ (Tibetan): pillar, column, pole, post
Definitions
- pillar, column, pole, post
Ancestry of “ཀ་བ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | स्कम्भ | prop, pillar, support; tower |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | skambʰás | pillar, support |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skÀbʰ- | — |