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

  1. female jo

Ancestry of “མཛོ་མོ”, step by step

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

via Tibetan མོ

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

via Tibetan མཛོ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TibetanམཛོA hybrid between yak and cattle

Words derived from “མཛོ་མོ

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow
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