Where does “ནང་པ” come from?

ནང་པ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ནང, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

ནང་པ (Tibetan): Buddhist

Definitions

  1. Buddhist

Ancestry of “ནང་པ”, step by step

ནང་པ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ནང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanནངinterior, inside; space, room, chamber,...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannaŋinside
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou

via Tibetan པ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཔa nominalization suffix
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ →Every word from Tibetan ནང →