Where does “དགུ་བ” come from?

དགུ་བ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དགུ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.

དགུ་བ (Tibetan): ninth

Definitions

  1. ninth

Ancestry of “དགུ་བ”, step by step

དགུ་བ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དགུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདགུnine
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

via Tibetan བ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབcommon suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw →Every word from Tibetan དགུ →