Where does “གནམ་ལྕགས” come from?

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

གནམ་ལྕགས (Tibetan): thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. thunderbolt

Ancestry of “གནམ་ལྕགས”, step by step

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

via Tibetan གནམ

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

via Tibetan ལྕགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྕགསiron
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument
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