Where does “དྭངས་ལྕགས” come from?

དྭངས་ལྕགས (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ལྕགས, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak — iron, iron instrument.

དྭངས་ལྕགས (Tibetan): steel

Definitions

  1. steel

Ancestry of “དྭངས་ལྕགས”, step by step

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

via Tibetan ལྕགས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanལྕགསiron
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument

via Tibetan དྭངས

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདྭངསclear, become clear
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak →Every word from Tibetan ལྕགས →