Where does “དྲུག་དཀར” come from?

དྲུག་དཀར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དྲུག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-k-ruk — six.

དྲུག་དཀར (Tibetan): drukar, a grade of turquoise, known for its brilliant luster and pale blue color

Definitions

  1. drukar, a grade of turquoise, known for its brilliant luster and pale blue color

Ancestry of “དྲུག་དཀར”, step by step

དྲུག་དཀར traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དྲུག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདྲུགsix
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand-k-ruksix

via Tibetan དཀར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདཀར—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-k-ruk →Every word from Tibetan དྲུག →