Where does “མཚོ་མོ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “མཚོ་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མོ

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

via Tibetan མཚོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམཚོlake, ocean; whorls of a fingerprint
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow →Every word from Tibetan མོ →