Where does “ཆོས་དར” come from?

ཆོས་དར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དར, from Mongolian торго, from Proto-Mongolic torga, from Proto-Turkic torko — silk fabric.

Ancestry of “ཆོས་དར”, step by step

ཆོས་དར traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདརsilk; banner or sash, especially a silken one
2Mongolianторгоsilk; silk-like, soft and thin; fine, delicate
3Proto-Mongolictorga—
4Proto-Turkictorkosilk fabric

via Tibetan ཆོས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཆོསreligion; scripture, classic; dharma
Every word from Proto-Turkic torko →Every word from Proto-Mongolic torga →Every word from Mongolian торго →