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
- rock salt
Ancestry of “བྲག་ཚྭ”, step by step
བྲག་ཚྭ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan ཚྭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ཚྭ | salt |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | tsa | salt, salty, salted |
| 3 | Chinese | 茶 | tea |
| 4 | Proto-Loloish | la¹ | tea |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | s-la | leaf; tea; flat object |
via Tibetan བྲག
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བྲག | rock; boulder |