Where does “མདའ” come from?

མདའ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan ེའུ, from Tibetan བུ — son, child.

མདའ (Tibetan): arrow; hand; Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ

Definitions

  1. arrow; hand; Abbreviation of མེ་མདའ

Ancestry of “མདའ”, step by step

མདའ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan ེའུ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanེའུdiminutive suffix
2Tibetanབུson, child

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-la(k)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*mV-la(k)arrow

Words derived from “མདའ”

Every word from Tibetan བུ →Every word from Tibetan ེའུ →