Where does “གློག་རྡུལ” come from?

གློག་རྡུལ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan རྡུལ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-dul ~ r-tul — dust.

གློག་རྡུལ (Tibetan): electron

Definitions

  1. electron

Ancestry of “གློག་རྡུལ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan རྡུལ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྡུལdust; mote, atom
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-dul ~ r-tuldust

via Tibetan གློག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགློགlightning
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*lewkto shine, flash
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-dul ~ r-tul →Every word from Tibetan རྡུལ →