Where does “ཕལ་སྐད” come from?

ཕལ་སྐད (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan སྐད, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j — mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

ཕལ་སྐད (Tibetan): colloquial language, vernacular language, demotic

Definitions

  1. colloquial language, vernacular language, demotic

Ancestry of “ཕལ་སྐད”, step by step

ཕལ་སྐད traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan སྐད

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanསྐདlanguage; speech
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

via Tibetan ཕལ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཕལ

Words derived from “ཕལ་སྐད

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-jEvery word from Tibetan སྐད