Where does “མང་པོ” come from?

མང་པོ (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

མང་པོ (Tibetan): many, much

Definitions

  1. many, much

Ancestry of “མང་པོ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmaŋbig; old; elder
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maŋ →
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