Where does “ཐོགས་མེད” come from?

ཐོགས་མེད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མེད, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-miːt — to extinguish; to shut abruptly; to wink; to...

Ancestry of “ཐོགས་མེད”, step by step

ཐོགས་མེད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མེད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམེདto be not, to exist not
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-miːtto extinguish; to shut abruptly; to wink; to...

via Tibetan ཐོགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཐོགས—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-miːt →Every word from Tibetan མེད →