Where does “དུག་སྦྲང” come from?
དུག་སྦྲང (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དུག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk — poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison.
དུག་སྦྲང (Tibetan): mosquito
Definitions
- mosquito
Ancestry of “དུག་སྦྲང”, step by step
དུག་སྦྲང traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan དུག
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | དུག | poison, toxin |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | duk ~ tuk | poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison |
via Tibetan སྦྲང
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | སྦྲང | — |