Where does “མཛོ་མོ” come from?
མཛོ་མོ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan མོ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.
མཛོ་མོ (Tibetan): female jo
Definitions
- female jo
Ancestry of “མཛོ་མོ”, step by step
མཛོ་མོ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tibetan མོ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | མོ | female; she |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | mow | woman; female relative |
via Tibetan མཛོ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | མཛོ | A hybrid between yak and cattle |