Where does “ད་ལྟ་བ” come from?

ད་ལྟ་བ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ད་ལྟ, from Tibetan ལྟ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-ta-s/t — to look.

ད་ལྟ་བ (Tibetan): present tense

Definitions

  1. present tense

Ancestry of “ད་ལྟ་བ”, step by step

ད་ལྟ་བ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ད་ལྟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanད་ལྟnow, at present
2Tibetanལྟto look at, to see, to observe; to look for, to...
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-ta-s/tto look

via Tibetan བ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབcommon suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-ta-s/t →Every word from Tibetan ལྟ →Every word from Tibetan ད་ལྟ →