Where does “མཁན་པོ” come from?

མཁན་པོ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit उपाध्याय, from Sanskrit उप, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

མཁན་པོ (Tibetan): khenpo

Definitions

  1. khenpo

Ancestry of “མཁན་པོ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritउपाध्यायteacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor
2Sanskritउपtherefore, moreover; towards; near
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “མཁན་པོ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Sanskrit उप →