Where does “གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང” come from?
གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གནམ་གྲུ, from Tibetan གནམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-nam — sky, sun.
གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང (Tibetan): airport
Definitions
- airport
Ancestry of “གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང”, step by step
གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan གནམ་གྲུ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | གནམ་གྲུ | aeroplane, airplane, plane |
| 2 | Tibetan | གནམ | sky; air, weather |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | g-nam | sky, sun |
via Tibetan ཐང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཐང | plain, plains, flatland |