Where does “བྲག་ཚྭ” come from?

བྲག་ཚྭ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ཚྭ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsa, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

བྲག་ཚྭ (Tibetan): rock salt

Definitions

  1. rock salt

Ancestry of “བྲག་ཚྭ”, step by step

བྲག་ཚྭ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ཚྭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཚྭsalt
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsasalt, salty, salted
3Chinese茶tea
4Proto-Loloishla¹tea
5Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Tibetan བྲག

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབྲགrock; boulder
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →