Where does “ཁ་ལག” come from?

ཁ་ལག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək — to lick.

ཁ་ལག (Tibetan): hand and mouth; face and arms

Definitions

  1. hand and mouth; face and arms

Ancestry of “ཁ་ལག”, step by step

ཁ་ལག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ལག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལགhand; arm
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mə-l(j)əkto lick

via Tibetan ཁ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཁmouth; speech

Words derived from “ཁ་ལག”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək →Every word from Tibetan ལག →