Where does “ཕག” come from?

ཕག (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak — pig.

ཕག (Tibetan): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “ཕག”, step by step

ཕག traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷakpig

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-puːk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetand-puːkbelly; vitals; hollow object; cave

Words derived from “ཕག”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷak →