Where does “དམག་མི” come from?

དམག་མི (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མི, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-mi(j)-n — man, person, human being.

དམག་མི (Tibetan): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “དམག་མི”, step by step

དམག་མི traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མི

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམིperson, human being, man; not, un-
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-mi(j)-nman, person, human being

via Tibetan དམག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདམགwar
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-maqarmy

Words derived from “དམག་མི”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-mi(j)-n →Every word from Tibetan མི →