Where does “གངས་རི” come from?

གངས་རི (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan རི, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ri — mountain.

གངས་རི (Tibetan): high, snowy mountain, snow-covered mountain, snowy mountain, any great Tibetan mountain range

Definitions

  1. high, snowy mountain, snow-covered mountain, snowy mountain, any great Tibetan mountain range

Ancestry of “གངས་རི”, step by step

གངས་རི traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan རི

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརིmountain, hill
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanrimountain

via Tibetan གངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགངསsnow
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ri →Every word from Tibetan རི →