Where does “ནད་གཡོག” come from?

ནད་གཡོག (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan གཡག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ — sheep, yak.

ནད་གཡོག (Tibetan): nurse

Definitions

  1. nurse

Ancestry of “ནད་གཡོག”, step by step

ནད་གཡོག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan གཡག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡགyak
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak

via Tibetan ནད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanནདdisease, illness, sickness
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →