Where does “དབུ་མེད” come from?

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

དབུ་མེད (Tibetan): Umê script, the cursive style of the Tibetan script used in shorthand and calligraphy

Definitions

  1. Umê script, the cursive style of the Tibetan script used in shorthand and calligraphy

Ancestry of “དབུ་མེད”, step by step

དབུ་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 དབུ

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