Where does “ཀུན་དགའ” come from?
ཀུན་དགའ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཀུན, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (m-)kul — all; twenty.
Ancestry of “ཀུན་དགའ”, step by step
ཀུན་དགའ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ཀུན
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཀུན | all, every, each |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | (m-)kul | all; twenty |
via Tibetan དགའ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | དགའ | to rejoice in; to be glad; to be happy |