Where does “གྲུ་གཟིངས” come from?

གྲུ་གཟིངས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གྲུ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-g(r)u — elbow; cubit.

གྲུ་གཟིངས (Tibetan): ship, boat, vessel

Definitions

  1. ship, boat, vessel

Ancestry of “གྲུ་གཟིངས”, step by step

གྲུ་གཟིངས traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གྲུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགྲུboat, ship; angle, corner
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-g(r)uelbow; cubit

via Tibetan གཟིངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཟིངས—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-g(r)u →Every word from Tibetan གྲུ →