Where does “ནག་པོ” come from?

ནག་པོ (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək — black.

ནག་པོ (Tibetan): black; dark, gloomy; evil, unwholesome, tarnished

Definitions

  1. black; dark, gloomy; evil, unwholesome, tarnished

Ancestry of “ནག་པོ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*nəkblack

Words derived from “ནག་པོ

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək