Where does “དར་ལྕོག” come from?

དར་ལྕོག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དར, from Mongolian торго, from Proto-Mongolic torga, from Proto-Turkic torko — silk fabric.

དར་ལྕོག (Tibetan): prayer flag

Definitions

  1. prayer flag

Ancestry of “དར་ལྕོག”, step by step

དར་ལྕོག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདརsilk; banner or sash, especially a silken one
2Mongolianторгоsilk; silk-like, soft and thin; fine, delicate
3Proto-Mongolictorga—
4Proto-Turkictorkosilk fabric

via Tibetan ལག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལགhand; arm
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mə-l(j)əkto lick
Every word from Proto-Turkic torko →Every word from Proto-Mongolic torga →Every word from Mongolian торго →