Where does “གནམ་གྲུ” come from?

གནམ་གྲུ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གནམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-nam — sky, sun.

གནམ་གྲུ (Tibetan): aeroplane, airplane, plane

Definitions

  1. aeroplane, airplane, plane

Ancestry of “གནམ་གྲུ”, step by step

གནམ་གྲུ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གནམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགནམsky; air, weather
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-namsky, sun

via Tibetan གྲུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགྲུboat, ship; angle, corner
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-g(r)uelbow; cubit

Words derived from “གནམ་གྲུ”

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