Where does “གློག་ཀླད” come from?

གློག་ཀླད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གློག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lewk — to shine, flash.

གློག་ཀླད (Tibetan): computer

Definitions

  1. computer

Ancestry of “གློག་ཀླད”, step by step

གློག་ཀླད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གློག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགློགlightning
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*lewkto shine, flash

via Chinese Mandarin 電腦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin電腦—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lewk →Every word from Tibetan གློག →
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