Where does “དཔལ་མོ” come from?

དཔལ་མོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

Ancestry of “དཔལ་མོ”, step by step

དཔལ་མོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམོfemale; she
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

via Tibetan དཔལ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདཔལ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →
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