Where does “དར་སྐུད” come from?

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

དར་སྐུད (Tibetan): silk thread

Definitions

  1. silk thread

Ancestry of “དར་སྐུད”, step by step

དར་སྐུད 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 སྐུད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྐུད—
Every word from Proto-Turkic torko →Every word from Proto-Mongolic torga →Every word from Mongolian торго →