Where does “གསུམ་པ” come from?

གསུམ་པ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གསུམ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

གསུམ་པ (Tibetan): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “གསུམ་པ”, step by step

གསུམ་པ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གསུམ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགསུམthree
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree

via Tibetan པ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཔa nominalization suffix
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Tibetan གསུམ →
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