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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

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

Words derived from “གནམ་མཚོ”

  • 納木錯
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