Where does “གླང་ཆེན” come from?

གླང་ཆེན (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གླང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ — ox; elephant; poplar.

གླང་ཆེན (Tibetan): elephant

Definitions

  1. elephant

Ancestry of “གླང་ཆེན”, step by step

གླང་ཆེན traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གླང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགླངox
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanglaŋox; elephant; poplar

via Tibetan ཆེན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanཆེནSee ཆེན་པོ and ཆེན་མོ
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan glaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གླང →