Where does “གནམ་མཚོ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “གནམ་མཚོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan གནམ

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

via Tibetan མཚོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམཚོlake, ocean; whorls of a fingerprint

Words derived from “གནམ་མཚོ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-nam →Every word from Tibetan གནམ →