Where does “གངས་ལྷམ” come from?

གངས་ལྷམ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

གངས་ལྷམ (Tibetan): snowshoe

Definitions

  1. snowshoe

Ancestry of “གངས་ལྷམ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལམpath, way; method
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path

via Tibetan གངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགངསsnow
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam →Every word from Tibetan ལམ →