Where does “གྲི་ལག” come from?

གྲི་ལག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-lwa-p — lung.

གྲི་ལག (Tibetan): sword hand

Definitions

  1. sword hand

Ancestry of “གྲི་ལག”, step by step

གྲི་ལག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanགTibetan letter ga
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-lwa-plung

via Tibetan ལག་པ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལག་པhand, arm
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-lwa-p →Every word from Tibetan ག →