Where does “མདུང་དར” come from?

མདུང་དར (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དར, from Mongolian торго, from Proto-Mongolic torga, from Proto-Turkic torko — silk fabric.

མདུང་དར (Tibetan): lance banner, banner at the top of a lance

Definitions

  1. lance banner, banner at the top of a lance

Ancestry of “མདུང་དར”, step by step

མདུང་དར traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan དར

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanདརsilk; banner or sash, especially a silken one
2Mongolianторгоsilk; silk-like, soft and thin; fine, delicate
3Proto-Mongolictorga—
4Proto-Turkictorkosilk fabric

via Tibetan མདུང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམདུངspear
Every word from Proto-Turkic torko →Every word from Proto-Mongolic torga →Every word from Mongolian торго →