Where does “དངུལ་ཁང” come from?

དངུལ་ཁང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དངུལ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

དངུལ་ཁང (Tibetan): bank (financial institution)

Definitions

  1. bank (financial institution)

Ancestry of “དངུལ་ཁང”, step by step

དངུལ་ཁང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དངུལ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདངུལsilver; money
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver

via Tibetan ཁང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanཁངSee ཁང་པ
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl →