Where does “དྭངས་མ་” come from?

དྭངས་མ་ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

དྭངས་མ་ (Tibetan): main, foremost, chief

Definitions

  1. main, foremost, chief

Ancestry of “དྭངས་མ་”, step by step

དྭངས་མ་ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Tibetan དྭངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདྭངསclear, become clear
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →