Where does “མཚན་མོ” come from?

མཚན་མོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

མཚན་མོ (Tibetan): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “མཚན་མོ”, step by step

མཚན་མོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tibetan མོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམོfemale; she
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

via Tibetan མཚན

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམཚནname
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →