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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཀུནall, every, each
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(m-)kulall; twenty

via Tibetan དགའ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདགའto rejoice in; to be glad; to be happy
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (m-)kulEvery word from Tibetan ཀུན