Where does “ནང་བཞིན” come from?

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

ནང་བཞིན (Tibetan): like, than, according, as, as if

Definitions

  1. like, than, according, as, as if

Ancestry of “ནང་བཞིན”, step by step

ནང་བཞིན 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 བཞིན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབཞིནimage
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ →Every word from Tibetan ནང →